Gus Morrison
{{Short description|American politician (1934/1935–2023)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gus Morrison
| image =
| order =
| office = Mayor of Fremont, California
| term_end = 2013
| predecessor = Bob Wasserman
| successor = Bill Harrison
| office2 = Mayor of Fremont, California
| term_start2 = 1994
| term_end2 = December 2004
| predecessor2 = Bill Ball
| successor2 = Bob Wasserman
| office3 = Mayor of Fremont, California
| term_start3 = 1985
| term_end3 = 1989
| predecessor3 = Leon Mezzetti
| successor3 = Bill Ball
| birth_date = 1934/1935
| birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2023|12|14|88|mf=y}}
| death_place =
| alma_mater = San Jose State University
| profession =
| residence = Fremont, California
| spouse = Joy
| children = Three
| party =
}}
Gus Morrison (1934/1935 – December 14, 2023) was an American politician and engineer. Morrison served as the Mayor of Fremont, California, for three different tenures: 1985 to 1989, 1994 to 2004, and 2012. On January 30, 2012, Morrison was appointed Mayor by the Fremont City Council following the death of his predecessor, the late Bob Wasserman, effective immediately. He was inaugurated into office to complete the remainder of Wasserman's unexpired term (ending in December 2012) on January 31, 2012.{{cite news|title=Fremont Appoints Former Mayor Gus Morrison as New Mayor |url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Fremont-Appoints-Former-Mayor-Gus-Morrison-as-New-Mayor-138477664.html |work=KNTV |date=2012-02-01 |access-date=2012-02-19}}{{cite news|first=Rob|last=Dennis|title=Interim Fremont mayor has no shortage of experience |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/fremont/ci_19896310 |work=The Argus (Fremont) |date=2012-02-05 |access-date=2012-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235124/http://www.mercurynews.com/fremont/ci_19896310|archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=live}}
Life and career
Morrison was first elected to the Fremont City Council in 1978. He ran for Fremont mayor in 1980, losing to Leon Mezzetti. He defeated Mezzetti in a rematch in 1985, serving for two electoral cycles before being defeated by Bill Ball in 1989, narrowly losing with 10,436 votes to Ball's 10,868 votes. In 1994, Morrison defeated incumbent Mayor Bill Ball in a rematch of the 1989 mayoral election. Morrison narrowly won with 20,811 votes to Ball's 20,376 votes.{{cite news|title=Morrison Edges Out Ball in Upset |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB71DC780624407&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=1994-11-09 |access-date=2012-02-19}}
Between 2004 and 2012, Morrison worked as a political consultant.
Morrison died on December 14, 2023, at the age of 88.[https://www.fremont.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/14649 Angus Hugh Morrison]
References
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External links
- [http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=583 Fremont Chronology of Elections]
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Mayors of places in California
Category:People from Fremont, California
Category:California city council members