John Morrison
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In politics
- John Morrison (Manitoba politician)John Morrison (Manitoba politician)John Morrison was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1916 to 1922....
(1868–unknown), politician in Manitoba, Canada - John Morrison (Canadian politician)John Morrison (Canadian politician)John Morrison was a Canadian politician.Morrison was a Canadian House of Commons member for the Progressive Party of Canada from 1921 to 1925 representing the riding of Weyburn...
(1872–1950), Canadian Member of Parliament - John Morrison (British Intelligence Official)John Morrison (British Intelligence Official)John Noble Lennox Morrison , joined the UK's Defence Intelligence Staff in 1967 as a desk-level intelligence analyst...
(born 1943) - John Morrison (Montana politician)John Morrison (Montana Politician)John Morrison is a Montana attorney, businessman, and political leader. He served as the elected Montana State Auditor, Insurance Commissioner and Securities Commissioner from 2001-2009. In 2006, he was a candidate for the U.S. Senate...
(born 1961), politician in Montana, USA - John Morison (Canadian politician)John Morison (Canadian politician)John Morison was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Victoria North in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member....
(1818–1873), Canadian businessman and political figure - John Morrison (blacksmith)John Morrison (blacksmith)John Morrison was a farmer, blacksmith and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Londonderry township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1770 to 1772 and from 1773 to 1778....
(1826–1916), farmer, blacksmith and politician in Nova Scotia - John Morison (UK politician)John Morison (UK politician)John Morison was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1827 to 1832.In 1827, Morison was elected as the Member of Parliament for Banffshire, Scotland. He held the seat until 1832.-External links:...
(19th century), British MP for Banffshire - John Morrison, 1st Baron MargadaleJohn Morrison, 1st Baron MargadaleMajor John Granville Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, TD, DL was a British Conservative Party politician.He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1938 and was Member of Parliament for Salisbury from 1942 until 1965....
(1906–1966), British Conservative Party politician - John Alexander MorrisonJohn Alexander MorrisonJohn Alexander Morrison was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John A. Morrison was born in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania...
(1814–1904), Pennsylvania Congressman - John Gillis MorrisonJohn Gillis MorrisonJohn Gillis Morrison was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Victoria County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1878 to 1882, from 1894 to 1909 and from 1916 to 1917 as a Liberal member.He was born in Englishtown, Nova Scotia. Morrison married Mary E....
, politician in Nova Scotia, Canada - John T. MorrisonJohn T. MorrisonJohn Tracy Morrison was the sixth Governor of Idaho from 1903 until 1905.Morrison graduated from Cornell Law School in 1890 and moved to Caldwell, where he became a successful attorney and an active member of the local Presbyterian Church...
(1860–1915), Governor of Idaho - John B. MorisonJohn B. MorisonJohn B. Morison was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Wentworth and then Halton—Wentworth in three consecutive Canadian Parliaments as a Liberal member from 1963 until his retirement in 1972 .He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1923...
(1923–1996), member of the Canadian House of Commons for Wentworth and Halton—Wentworth - John Morison GibsonJohn Morison GibsonSir John Morison Gibson, KCMG, KC was a Canadian politician and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario....
(1842–1929), Canadian politician
In sports
- John Morrison (chess player)John Morrison (chess player)John Stuart Morrison was a Canadian chess Master, who was born and died in Toronto.He won the Canadian Chess Championship five times and shared first place in 1931...
- John Morrison (cricketer)John Morrison (cricketer)John Francis Maclean Morrison, MNZM played 17 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. Since retiring from playing he has worked as a commentator and in local body politics, including serving on the Wellington City Council.He was greatly known for his dribbly spin bowling, including...
(born 1947), New Zealand cricketer. - John Morrison (ice hockey b. 1895), ice hockey player.
- John Morrison (ice hockey b. 1945), ice hockey player.
- John Morrison (wrestler), Ring name for fomer WWE Superstar John Hennigan
In literature
- John L. MorrisonJohn L. MorrisonJohn Loyal Morrison founded the controversial Duluth, Minnesota newspaper Ripsaw. His editorial attacks on area politicians were so unrelenting that a state law was passed specifically to shut down his paper...
(1863–1926), American journalist - John Sinclair MorrisonJohn Sinclair MorrisonJohn Sinclair Morrison , who wrote under the name of J. S. Morrison, was an English classicist whose work led to the reconstruction of an Athenian Trireme, an ancient oared warship....
(1913–2000), British classicist and founder of the Trireme Trust
In other fields
- John Morrison (musician)John Morrison (musician)John Morrison, hailing from Moseley, Birmingham, played bass guitar in indie band L Cage which also featured Dean O'Loughlin from Big Brother and Ernest Valentino Hendricks...
, bass guitarist in Hefner and other bands - John Morison (pastor)John Morison (pastor)Rev. Dr John Morison 1791 - 1859) - occasionally spelt Morrison - was a longstanding editor of the Evangelical Magazine & Missionary Chronicle, author of theological and biographical subjects, and a Congregational pastor at Trevor Chapel, Chelsea, London...
(sometimes spelled Morrison), mid-nineteenth century congregational minister, London - John G. MorrisonJohn G. MorrisonJohn Gordon Morrison served in the American Civil War, receiving the Medal of Honor in 1862.-Biography:...
(1842–1897), Irish-born navy man during the American Civil War - John L. Morrison (pioneer)John L. Morrison (pioneer)John L. Morrison arrived in Oregon Country in 1842 along with other famous Oregon pioneers Medorem Crawford, Asa Lovejoy, and Sidney Moss in the same wagon train. Morrison built the home of Francis Pettygrove in early Portland, Oregon. The street on which Pettygrove's house was located was named...
(d. 1902), pioneer to Oregon and namesake of Portland's Morrison Bridge - John Paul MorrisonJohn Paul MorrisonJohn Paul Morrison is a British-born Canadian computer programmer, and the inventor of flow-based programming . He is the author of the books Flow-Based Programming: A New Approach to Application Development and Flow-Based Programming, 2nd Edition: A New Approach to Application Development...
(born 1937), British-born Canadian computer programmer - John Robert MorrisonJohn Robert MorrisonJohn Robert Morrison was the second son from Robert Morrison's first marriage with Mary Morton. He was a translator, diplomat and missionary in China and the Far East, most closely associated with Canton City and Hong Kong...
(1814–1843), British translator, diplomat and missionary in the Far East - John Stanton Fleming MorrisonJohn Stanton Fleming MorrisonJohn Stanton Fleming Morrison was a British golf course architect born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, Harry Colt, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd....
(1892–1961), British golf course architect