Donald McIntyre | |
Constituency Am1: | Aubigny |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 18 May 1907 |
Term End1: | 5 February 1908 |
Predecessor1: | John O'Brien |
Successor1: | William Thorn |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1851 |
Birth Place: | Loch Lomond, Scotland |
Death Place: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
Restingplace: | Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery |
Birthname: | Donald McIntyre |
Nationality: | Scottish Australian |
Party: | Kidstonites |
Spouse: | Mary Jane Keag (m.1877 d.1942) |
Occupation: | Station worker, Cheese maker |
Donald McIntyre (20 April 1851 - 6 November 1927) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
McIntyre was born near Loch Lomond, Scotland in 1851. The son of Peter McIntyre and his wife Jane (née McFarlane), he came to Australia with his family in 1862, sailing on the Ocean Chief and landing at Moreton Bay. He found work at several Stations over the years before establishing the Greenmount Cheese Factory in 1893. He went on to open a further two cheese factories at Zahley (near present-day Goombungee) and Quinalow.[1]
McIntyre won the seat of Aubigny for the Kidstonites in the 1907 state election. He served less than nine months before losing his seat at the 1908 state election.[1]
McIntyre married Mary Jane Keag on 10 July 1877 and together they had nine children.[1] He died in 1927 and was buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[2]