Nathan Wray Morton (born 3 August 1978) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 2013 to 2017, representing the seat of Forrestfield. He was a schoolteacher before entering politics. Morton was born in

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, but moved to

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as a small child. He holds a

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degree and a graduate diploma in education, and most taught at Cecil Andrews Senior High School. Morton first stood for parliament at the 2008 state election, but was defeated by

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's Andrew Waddell in Forrestfield by just 98 votes on the

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count (the third-closest result of the election). He reprised his candidacy at the 2013 state election, and defeated Waddell with a 2.3-point swing.Mr Nathan Wray Morton MLA BSc; GradDipEd
Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2017. 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.
WA Votes 2017, ABC News. Retrieved 18 April 2017. Morton is a nephew by marriage of

Helen Morton Helen Margaret Morton (born 30 September 1949) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2005 to 2017, representing the region of East Metropolitan. On 14 December 2010, Morton ...

, who was a member of the Legislative Council. Helen Morton was also defeated at the 2017 state election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morton, Nathan Living people 1978 births Australian schoolteachers Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Perth, Western Australia 21st-century Australian politicians