Edward Morley (politician)

Edward Morley (7 February 1873 – 5 June 1929) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Malmsbury, Victoria to quarryman George Morley and Mary Cahill.

He was a storekeeper at Sorrento and then Numurkah before becoming an estate agent in Temora (New South Wales) and Melbourne.

During World War I he was a captain in the Australian Imperial Force, and was wounded and invalided home.

He was Assistant Minister of Public Works from 1928 until his death in Brighton in 1929.