He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1958, and was a cabinet minister[1] in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.
[1] Morton was educated at St. John's College in Winnipeg, and was prominent in athletics, notably football, hockey and curling.
Re-elected again in the 1936 election, Morton was promoted to cabinet on November 22, 1939, as Municipal Commissioner in John Bracken's government.
In 1952, Morton approved a motion which gave aboriginal Canadians in Manitoba the right to vote in provincial elections.
[2] Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation leader Lloyd Stinson described Morton as the "strong silent" man of Campbell's administration.