Ben Morton (politician)

Ben Morton is an Australian Federal Liberal Member of Parliament for the Division of Tangney, first elected on 2 July 2016.

He is the former State Director of the Liberal Party in Western Australia. Prior to entering Parliament Ben worked in the private sector as a senior Manager for one of Australia’s largest home builders, BGC. He grew up in NSW and after completing his University Degree at the Australian National University Ben returned to his hometown and stood for election as the Liberal Party Candidate in the safe Labor seat of Wyong, however he did not win in the state election.

Dennis Jensen ran as an independent candidate in the 2016 election but Ben won with a comfortable 61.5% of the vote.

References

• ABC - Tangney election results
• The Australian - Dennis Jensen to contest WA seat of Tangney