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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 Morton worked for six months in the private sector as for one of Australia’s largest home builders, BGC. Prior to that and subsequent to getting his degree, he worked in various political staffer and other political bureaucratic roles. 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 Morton won with a significantly reduced majority compared with 2013.
