Mac Abbott Explained

Mac Abbott
Senator for New South Wales
Term Start:1 July 1935
Term End:30 June 1941
Birth Date:1877 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Scone, New South Wales, Australia
Party:Australian Country Party
Relations:Joe Abbott (half brother)
Aubrey Abbott (cousin)
Occupation:Farmer, grazier

Macartney "Mac" Abbott (3 July 1877 – 30 December 1960) was an Australian politician. Born in Murrurundi, New South Wales, he was educated at King's School, Parramatta. He became a farmer and grazier in the Upper Hunter area of New South Wales. He was the half brother of Joe Abbott, Member of the Australian House of Representatives (MP) for New England 1940–1949, and the cousin of Aubrey Abbott, MP for Gwydir 1925–1929 and 1931–1937. In 1913 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Upper Hunter, first as a Liberal and then from 1916 as a Nationalist. In 1918 he left the Assembly.[1] In 1934 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for New South Wales. He was defeated in 1940. Abbott died in 1960.[2] [3]

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  1. 1311 . Mr Macartney Abbott (1877-1960) . Yes . 26 April 2019.
  2. index.php/abbott-macartney . Abbott, Macartney (1877–1960) . Australian Parliament . 26 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Carr . Adam . Australian Election Archive . Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive . 2008 . 2008-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006075129/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia . 6 October 2008 .