Morton Barnett Cohen

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Date of Birth19 September 1913
Death Date14 January 1968

ParliamentNew South Wales
DesignationMLA Bligh
PartyLiberal
Term1965 to 1968

BiographyMorton Barnett Cohen was born in Sydney, the son of a Jewish mother, Amelia Charlotte Cohen (nee Solomon). His paternal grandparents were also Jewish but he appears to have followed the Anglican faith. He graduated as a schoolteacher and later worked as an accountant. He also played first class cricket for NSW. He served as the Liberal member for the marginal seat of Bligh in the inner eastern suburbs of Sydney for a single term. Morton Cohen died in Sydney at the age of 54.