Donald McDonald Mackay explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Donald McDonald MacKay
Office:Member of the Legislative Council
of Western Australia
Constituency:North Province
Term Start:27 July 1896
Term End:21 May 1902
Predecessor:Edward Robinson
Successor:Sir Edward Wittenoom
Birth Date:c. 1845
Birth Place:Isle of Skye, Scotland
Death Date:30 January 1904
Death Place:Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Donald McDonald MacKay (c. 1845 – 30 January 1904) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1896 to 1902, representing North Province.

MacKay was born in Ben Mohr Estate,[1] Snizort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire in 1847, a son of Samuel Nicholson Mackay and Janette Mackay (née McKinnon) (died 23 June 1891),[2] who emigrated with their family to South Australia in 1855, settling in Naracoorte. MacKay left for Western Australia in 1869, and went to the Pilbara, where he developed a pastoral lease on the Maitland River. With his brother, Roderick MacKay, he later developed Mundabullangana Station on the Yule River. In 1892, after a drought, MacKay sold his property in the North-West and moved to Fremantle. He was elected to the Legislative Council for the North Province at the 1896 elections,[3] replacing Edward Robinson, and served a single six-year term before retiring. MacKay died in Fremantle in January 1904.

Family

MacKay married (Emily) Charlotte Vincent on 21 February 1893 at Scots Church, Fremantle,[4] with whom he had three children.[5]

The author Catherine Edith Macauley Martin was his youngest sister, and it may be noted that the subject of this article, Donald McDonald MacKay, had a brother (third son of Samuel) Donald Mackay (1832 – 24 December 1901),[6] sheep grazier of Mundabullangana,[7] Yule and Benmore stations.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Family Notices . . XXI . 1914 . South Australia . 8 March 1882 . 27 September 2020 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Family Notices . . XXXI . 2876 . South Australia . 24 June 1891 . 27 September 2020 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: North Province Election . . 12 . 3,275 . Western Australia . 19 August 1896 . 27 September 2020 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Family Notices . . XI . 5,543 . Western Australia . 6 March 1893 . 27 September 2020 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  5. http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/CAA790529B05BBC5482577E50028A6CE?OpenDocument Donald McDonald MacKay
  6. News: Family Notices . . XXXVI . 3966 . South Australia . 15 January 1902 . 27 September 2020 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: Advertising . . XXXVI . 3992 . South Australia . 16 April 1902 . 27 September 2020 . 2 . National Library of Australia.