to Canada as a child
with his parents; in business at Brockville with his brothers, William
and Alexander. Member for Leeds County in the Upper Canada Assembly,
1837; a commissioner for the improvement of navigation of the St.
Lawrence, 1838; and member of the United Canada Parliament, 1841. In
1844 appointed to the Legislative Council; in 1851 to the Executive
Council, and postmaster-general; in 1853-1854 Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly; in 1858 member of the Executive Council and Speaker of the
Legislative Council; in 1862-1863 receiver-general. =Index=: =E=
Postmaster-general in Hincks-Morin ministry, 113; president of
Legislative Council in reconstructed government, 1853, 126. =Bib.=:
Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Morris, William= (1786-1858). Born in Scotland. Emigrated with his
parents to Canada in 1801, and engaged in business in Montreal; served
in the militia in the War of 1812, and in 1816 settled in Perth. Member
for Lanark in the Upper Canada Assembly, 1820-1836, when he was
appointed to the Legislative Council; in 1837-1838 served as colonel of
the militia during the Rebellion; in 1844 appointed receiver-general;
and in 1846-1848 president of the Executive Council. =Index=: =Sy=
Claims share of Clergy Reserves for Church of Scotland, 239. =BL= Member
of Legislative Council, 1841, 83; previous career, 83; protests against
removal of capital to Montreal, 183-184; receiver-general, 247. =Bib.=:
Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_.

=Morrison, Joseph Curran= (1816-1885). Born in Ireland. Came to Canada
with his father. In 1839 called to the bar of Upper Canada; in 1843-1847
deputy clerk of the Executive Council of Canada; in 1847 elected for
West York to the Assembly; solicitor-general in the Hincks-Morin
ministry, 1853-1854; a member of the Executive Council, 1856; and the
same year receiver-general in the Tache-Macdonald administration.
Registrar of Toronto, 1859; solicitor-general in the Cartier-Macdonald
ministry, 1860. Puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1862; judge
in the Court of Queen's Bench, 1863; judge of the Court of Appeal,
1877, which position he filled until his death. =Index=: =E=
Solicitor-general, West, in Hincks-Morin ministry, 1853, 126. =B= His
connection with the contempt of court case against George Brown,
249-254; solicitor-general under Hincks, and a colleague of John A.
Macdonald, 250. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Po