William Robert Morrison

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1878–1947)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = William Morrison

| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|KC}}

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| office = MPP for Hamilton East

| predecessor = Leeming Carr

| successor = Samuel Lawrence

| term_start = July 27, 1928

| term_end = April 3, 1934

| office2 = Mayor of Hamilton

| predecessor2 = Herbert Earl Wilton

| successor2 = Samuel Lawrence

| term_start2 = 1935

| term_end2 = 1943

| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|04|20}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1947|03|16|1878|04|20}}

| death_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

| restingplace = Woodland Cemetery

| nationality = Canadian

| spouse = Lucy Musson Weir

| party = Conservative Party of Ontario

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William Morrison, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|KC}}, (April 20, 1878 - March 16, 1947) was Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from 1935 to 1943.

First serving as a lawyer and, later, a Crown Prosecutor, Morrison was first elected as an alderman for Ward 2 in 1921. He was re-elected in 1922. Two years later, he secured a seat on the Board of Control. He was elected in a by-election in 1928 as the Conservative Party Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East. He was re-elected in 1929, and served until he was defeated in 1934. During his time with the Conservatives he nominated Colonel George Drew as leader of the party."William Morrison Dies", The Montreal Gazette, March 14, 1947

He returned to Hamilton and was elected mayor in 1935, a position in which he served until 1943. He was elected (annually) eight times, a record to that date. He served as President of the Ontario Mayors' Association and was a member of the Dominion Mayors' Association."William Morrison Dies", The Montreal Gazette, March 14, 1947 He married Lucy Musson Weir, and had one son, William Robert Morrison, (1912–1983), who became a provincial court judge in Hamilton. His grandson, William R. Morrison, is a Canadian historian.