Nathan Morton | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
Term Start: | 9 March 2013 |
Term End: | 11 March 2017 |
Predecessor: | Andrew Waddell |
Successor: | Stephen Price |
Birth Name: | Nathan Wray Morton |
Birth Date: | 3 August 1978 |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Party: | Liberal |
Nathan Wray Morton (born 3 August 1978) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2013 to 2017, representing the seat of Forrestfield. He was a schoolteacher before entering politics.
Morton was born in Melbourne, but moved to Perth as a small child. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a graduate diploma in education, and most taught at Cecil Andrews Senior High School.[1] Morton first stood for parliament at the 2008 state election, but was defeated by Labor's Andrew Waddell in Forrestfield by just 98 votes on the two-party-preferred count (the third-closest result of the election).[2] He reprised his candidacy at the 2013 state election, and defeated Waddell with a 2.3-point swing.[3] Morton ran for re-election at the 2017 state election but lost the seat to the Labor candidate, Stephen Price after suffering an 11.6% swing against him.[4] Morton is a nephew by marriage of Helen Morton, who was a member of the Legislative Council.[4] Helen Morton was also defeated at the 2017 state election.