Family background
Benjamin Morgan was born in Sydney in 1855. He married in 1876 at Newtown to Mary King (1854-1912). He died on 2 June 1913, aged 58 years.
Community activity
Morgan was a trustee of Camperdown Park.
Parliamentary service
Morgan, a Georgist, unsuccessfully stood as the Labor candidate for Newtown-Camperdown division in 1894, obtaining 30% of the vote.
Local government service
Benjamin Morgan was an alderman on Camperdown Council 1885-1901 and mayor in 1889-90. As mayor in 1889, Benjamin Morgan gave evidence to a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Sewerage.
References
Sydney Morning Herald, 8 August 1889, p. 5
‘Municipal Representatives’,The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 7 September 1889, p. 529, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162062833
Sydney Morning Herald, 6 November 1889, p. 4
Evening News, 21 May 1890, p. 2
Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June 1894, p. 7
‘Metropolitan Suburban Mayors’, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 22 April 1899, p. 922, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165227614