Daniel William "Dan Willie" Morrison (May 28, 1881 – August 10, 1951) was a miner and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native En ...

, Canada. He represented Cape Breton County in the

Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia Each General Assembly of the ...

from 1920 to 1925 as an

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member. He was born in Marion Bridge,

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, the son of Angus A. Morrison and Flora McDonald. In 1919, he married Julia McLeod. Morrison served in a battery unit during

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. He was mayor of

Glace Bay Glace Bay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Glasbaidh'') is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton. Formerly an incorporated ...

from 1921 to 1933 and from 1934 to 1950. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1925 and was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of Commons in 1926. Morrison represented Canadian Labour at the

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from 1930 to 1937. He was district president for the

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from 1928 to 1942 and auditor for that organization from 1942 to 1951. Morrison served on the Dominion Coal Board from 1947 to 1951. He died in Glace Bay at the age of 70.

Morrison Glace Bay High School Morrison Glace Bay High School was one of the two high schools serving the town of Glace Bay located in Nova Scotia, Canada, during the later half of the twentieth century. Morrison was operational as a high school between 1947 and 1989. The schoo ...

is named after him.

References

* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1881 births 1951 deaths Nova Scotia Independent MLAs Mayors of places in Nova Scotia People from Glace Bay {{NovaScotia-mayor-stub