Lawyer, municipal official.
Born at St. Mary’s, Ontario on 27 June 1886, son of Robet Morrison (1852-1936) and Mary Jane Haines (1855-1949), he came to Winnipeg in 1913. He founded the law firm of Morrison and Booth in 1920 in partnership with Charles Stephen Booth. He was made a King’s Counsel in 1934.
On 12 June 1912, he married Harriet Eliza Binkley (1888-1960) at Wentworth, Ontario and they had four children: Helen Bernice Morrison (?-?, wife of Rudolph Carlyle Anderson), Frances Patton Morrison (1920-?, wife of J. E. Craig), John Robert Morrison (1921-?), and Bette Morrison. The family lived at 720 Queenston Street. He was a member of the Odd Fellows (Grand Master, 1929-1930) and St. Andrew's River Heights United Church. He ran unsuccessfully for election to the Winnipeg city council in 1932, later serving from 1937 to 1948.
He died in June 1980 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Ontario marriage registration, Ancestry.
Birth registrations [Frances Patton Morrison, John Robert Morrison], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 14 March 1929, page 10.
“New King’s Counsel for province appointed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1934, page 1.
Marriage registration [Helen Bernice Morrison, Rudolph Carlyle Anderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Ald. H. C. Morrison,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 November 1938, page 8.
Obituary [Harriet E. Morrison], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 October 1960, page 11.
Henry Cyrus Morrison, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 February 2025
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