Donald Mackintosh (politician) explained

Donald Mackintosh
Constituency Am1:Cambooya
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:18 March 1899
Term End1:27 April 1912
Predecessor1:Henry Daniels
Successor1:Seat abolished
Constituency Am2:Pittsworth
Assembly2:Queensland Legislative
Term Start2:27 April 1912
Term End2:22 May 1915
Predecessor2:New seat
Successor2:Percy Bayley
Birth Date:1840 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Lochaber, Scotland
Death Place:Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
Birthname:Donald Mackintosh
Nationality:Scottish Australian
Party:Ministerial
Otherparty:Opposition
Spouse:Catherine Cowley (m.1866 d.1907)
Occupation:Farmer

Donald Mackintosh (16 May 1840 – 5 May 1932) was a farmer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Early days

Mackintosh was born in Lochaber, Scotland, to parents James Mackintosh and his wife Mary (née Macarthur) and was educated in the local Lochaber village school.[1] On his arrival in Australia he was a drover and the manager of the Glencoe Farm near Warwick.

Political career

Having been a member of the Jondaryan Divisional Board, Mackintosh, for the Ministerialists, represented the seat of Cambooya in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1899 until the seat was abolished in 1912.[1] He then moved to the new seat of Pittsworth and held the seat until he was defeated in 1915.[1]

Personal life

In 1866, Mackintosh married Catherine Cowley (died 1907)[2] and together had five sons and three daughters.[1]

He died in Toowoomba in 1932[1] and was buried in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 25 February 2016.
  2. https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research
  3. http://www.tr.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/cemeteries/deceased-search Deceased search