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Timothy Bryce Morris (born 10 January 1955) is a former Australian politician. Early life Morris grew up on a farm in Alexandra in central Victoria with his mother. During his high school years, he moved to the city to live with his father. He left school at age 15 and worked as a builders' labourer. He holidayed to Tasmania, and has lived in the Derwent Valley since 1976, working first as a farming labourer. He was then the owner/manager of a holiday lodge. Political career In 1989, Morris was elected to the New Norfolk Council (now Derwent Valley Council) and later became mayor. During that time, he oversaw the purchase of the Royal Derwent Hospital and Willow Court from the state government. He retired from the council and mayorship in 2000. Morris was first elected as a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly at the 2002 election, representing the Lyons electorate. He was re-elected in the 2006 election, receiving 10.5% of first preferences, an increase compared to his previous vote of 9.1% in the 2002 election. At the 2010 election Morris received the highest number of first preference votes in the division of Lyons with 14.1% of the vote. After the election, Morris was elected by Parliament to the position of Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees. He was also named as deputy leader of the Tasmanian Greens.He was not re-elected at the 2014 House of Assembly elections. References "Timothy Bryce Morris". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. External links Tim Morris's maiden speech to parliament . Discover the Tim Morris popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Tim Morris books.

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  • LEADERSHIP.... Rules of Engagement synopsis, comments

    LEADERSHIP.... Rules of Engagement

    Tim L. Holman

    Leadership is not about ego. It’s about a privilege that should be embraced. The privilege not about being above the rules, instead it is about being held to a higher standard than...

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    The Life of a Song

    Jan Dalley & David Cheal

    Discover the stories behind the songsTHE LIFE OF A SONG contains the stories of 100 songs exploring each song's biography and how they took on a new life following their release. P...

  • More Time synopsis, comments

    More Time

    R. Tim Morris

    We might have made better decisions if we'd only had more time. Maybe more time would have been all we needed to love them right. More time could have fixed our mistakes. More time...

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    Landmarks

    Robert Macfarlane

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEFrom the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS'Few books give such a sense of...

  • An Apology for Idlers synopsis, comments

    An Apology for Idlers

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert Louis Stevenson's witty and sem...

  • The Life of a Song Volume 1 synopsis, comments

    The Life of a Song Volume 1

    David Cheal & Jan Dalley

    Who knew that Paul McCartney originally referred to Yesterday as 'Scrambled Eggs' because he couldn't think of any lyrics for his heartbreaking tune? Or that Patti LaBelle didn't k...

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    Molt

    R. Tim Morris

    Isabelle Donhelle is a professor of ornithology at the prestigious Hawthorne University in Boston. It's Isabelle's twentyninth birthday, and after escaping from a party she never w...

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    Leadership in the Performing Arts

    Tobie S. Stein & Robert L. Lynch

    What does it mean to be a performing arts leader? Leadership in the Performing Arts addresses and analyzes this question by presenting the wisdom and expertise of eleven men and wo...

  • The Life of a Song Volume 2 synopsis, comments

    The Life of a Song Volume 2

    Jan Dalley & David Cheal

    When great songs have been written and released, they often take on a life of their own, reshaped and given new life, transcending genres.THE LIFE OF A SONG is a compilation of wee...

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    Can-Cans, Cats and Cities of Ash

    Mark Twain

    One of the great derisive monuments to the imbecilities of the tourist experience, Mark Twain's (18351910) account of his tour with a group of fellow Americans around the sights of...