He was returned by acclamation in the 1941 election,[1] after the Progressive Conservatives joined the Liberal-Progressives and other parties in a coalition government.
Morrison was again returned by acclamation in the 1945 election,[1] albeit under unusual circumstances: his CCF opponent narrowly missed the deadline to declare his candidacy, and was unable to participate in the vote.
Morrison left the governing coalition in the late 1940s, after Liberal-Progressive Douglas Campbell was chosen as Premier of Manitoba.
The Progressive Conservatives left the coalition government in 1950, and Morrison rejoined the party caucus.
[1] Morrison died in Morden in 1957,[2] one year before the Progressive Conservatives won a minority government under Dufferin Roblin's leadership.