Ellis Price Morningstar | |
Office: | Ontario MPP |
Term Start: | 1951 |
Term End: | 1975 |
Predecessor: | Harold William Walker |
Successor: | Mel Swart |
Constituency: | Welland |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1902 |
Birth Place: | Welland, Ontario |
Death Place: | Welland, Ontario |
Ellis Price Morningstar (August 9, 1902 - February 28, 1982) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 until 1975 who represented the riding of Welland.
Morningstar was a lifelong resident of Welland, Ontario.
He was first elected in the general election in 1951 and was subsequently re-elected in the general elections in 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967 and 1971, winning by large margins.[1] [2] He served on a variety of Standing and Select Committees, as a Member of successive PC governments under Premiers Leslie Frost, John Robarts and Bill Davis. He retired from politics in 1975. He was the longest serving MPP from the riding of Welland.