Bill Morrison (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Morrison (politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1928

Place of Birth: Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 15-Feb-2013

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Lawrence "Bill" Morrison (3 November 1928 – 15 February 2013) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government.Morrison was born in Lithgow, New South Wales and graduated with an honours degree in economics from the University of Sydney in 1949.
He was a diplomat in the Department of External Affairs from 1950 to 1969, with postings to London, Moscow, Washington, D.C., Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.
His posting to Moscow was terminated by the expulsion of the entire mission in 1954 as a result of the Petrov Affair.
His posting to Malaysia was as Deputy High Commissioner.
In 1958, he married Marty Hessell, an American citizen, in Bangkok.