The Honourable
Donald McDonald MacKay
Member of the Legislative Council
of Western Australia
In office
27 July 1896 – 21 May 1902
Preceded byEdward Robinson
Succeeded bySir Edward Wittenoom
ConstituencyNorth Province
Personal details
Bornc. 1845
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Died30 January 1904
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]

References

  1. ↑ "Family Notices". The Border Watch. Vol. XXI, no. 1914. South Australia. 8 March 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Family Notices". The Border Watch. Vol. XXXI, no. 2876. South Australia. 24 June 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "North Province Election". The West Australian. Vol. 12, no. 3, 275. Western Australia. 19 August 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 27 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Family Notices". The Daily News (Perth). Vol. XI, no. 5, 543. Western Australia. 6 March 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Donald McDonald MacKay – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Family Notices". The Border Watch. Vol. XXXVI, no. 3966. South Australia. 15 January 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Advertising". The Border Watch. Vol. XXXVI, no. 3992. South Australia. 16 April 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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