Percy Lewis McDonald Morgan explained

Percy Lewis McDonald Morgan
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly
Term:1954–1957
Birth Date:New Zealand
Party:Independent
Profession:Civil servant, plantation owner

Percy Lewis McDonald Morgan was a New Zealand-born Western Samoan politician.

Biography

Born in New Zealand, Morgan emigrated to Western Samoa. He originally worked in the civil service, serving as Chief Clerk in the Treasury Department and Public Works Department, and Secretary of the Board of Trade. He later left to take over a cocoa plantation.[1]

Morgan contested the 1948 general elections as an independent, but failed to be elected.[2] He ran again in 1954 and was elected.[3] He lost his seat in the 1957 elections.[4]

Despite having been a strong opponent of moves towards self-government,[5] he was part of the Constitutional Convention that produced the 1960 independence constitution.[6] However, he refused to sign the document, the only member of the convention to do so.[7] The following year he contested the general elections, but was unsuccessful.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-319422511/view?sectionId=nla.obj-374067627&partId=nla.obj-319634613#page/n42/mode/1up West Samoan MLA as NZ "Wharfie"
  2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-316652217/view?partId=nla.obj-316675725#page/n8/mode/1up Samoa's New Assembly
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-325733749/view?partId=nla.obj-325791567#page/n19/mode/1up Results of West Samoan Elections
  4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-320273915/view?sectionId=nla.obj-364281902&partId=nla.obj-320375050#page/n24/mode/1up New Blood in Samoan Assembly
  5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-332540282/view?sectionId=nla.obj-337678826&partId=nla.obj-332558895#page/n46/mode/1up Yesterday
  6. http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un-dpadm/unpan040207.pdf The Constitution of the Independent State of Samoa
  7. Lauofo Meti (2002) Samoa: The Making of the Constitution, p338
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-322674226/view?sectionId=nla.obj-345283659&partId=nla.obj-323223139#page/n22/mode/1up West Samoa Elections