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Donald McDonald MacKay
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Birth | | Date: Circa 1844–1845
Place: Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Arrival in WA | | Arrived WA 22 February 1869 |
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Parents | | Son of Samuel and Janet McKinnon |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 21 February 1893, Scots Church, Fremantle to (Emily) Charlotte Vincent (born circa 1870 and died 1 June 1954), daughter of Francis Henry and Helen Louisa O’Grady
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Death | | Date: 30 January 1904
Place: Fremantle, Western Australia
Cemetery: Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion | | Presbyterian |
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Education | | |
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Occupation | | Farmer and pearler |
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Employment History | | Pastoralist in Roebourne–Cossack area at Maitland River
Moved in 1875 to Yule River, Mundabullangana Station also pearling |
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House | | MLC |
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Party | | |
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Date Elected | | 27 July 1896 |
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Inaugural Speech | | |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Donald MacKay |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1902 |
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Electorate | | North |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLC North Province 27 July 1896–21 May 1902
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Background/Membership | | 1855 arrived South Australia with parents
Sold property after drought and came to Fremantle 1892–1893
Owned land along Stirling Highway and 70–80 houses in Fremantle
Chief Fremantle Caledonian Society
Bred racehorses |
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References | | Black, David. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930.
Erikson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 11 February 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=FB00018860
Morning Herald, 1 February 1904.
Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia, p. 25.
Withnell Taylor, Nancy F. Geera-Muk-a-Doo: a saga of the North-West, p. 163. |
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