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State
Electorates
- MLA Boulder 24 April 1901–27 October 1905; Beverley 11 September 1908–28 July 1910 (seat declared vacant under Section 31 of Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1899)
- Contested Boulder 27 October 1905, Pilbara 23 July 1906 (by-election)
Office
- Minister for Lands 17 February 1903–10 August 1904
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Kalgoorlie (House of Representatives) March 1901
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Personal Information |
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1870 |
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Victoria, Australia |
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3 July 1912 |
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Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Springvale Cemetery, Victoria |
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Circa 1895–1896 arrived in WA |
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27 August 1870, West Ballarat, Victoria, son of John and Alexandrina MacKay |
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Married 7 January 1896, Bourke St, Melbourne, Victoria (Christian Church), to Thomasina Henrietta Alice Benzley (born circa 1868), daughter of Rudolph and Jane Moffat
Children: five sons |
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Presbyterian |
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Educated state schools Brunswick College
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Auctioneer |
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Joined Victoria Railways, porter
Stockman and grazier in Victoria
Auctioneer and sharebroker at Boulder by 1896
Pastoralist, owned Myall and Rifle Downs Stations near Darkan
1905 auctioneer at Stock and Station agency Perth and owned farm near Beverley |
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Family farmed in Gippsland area
Founded Boulder Progress Association
Foundation chairman Boulder Racing Club
Hon. treasurer Alluvial Rights Protection Association
1910 found guilty of uttering fraudulent document, imprisoned, released October 1911
Moved to Melbourne with family
Mayor of Boulder 1898–1901 |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1890-1930, p. 101-102.
Twentieth Century Impressions, p. 31.
West Australian, 14 September 1908.
Western Mail, 16 April 1910.
Who's Who in Australia, (1906) |
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