Parliamentary Service |
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Liberal
Joined party
1945
Member
Bunbury branch from 1951
secretary |
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22 May 1956 |
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South-West |
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Electorates
- MLC South-West Province 22 May 1956–21 May 1965; Lower West Province 22 May 1965–21 May 1974; South-West Province 22 May 1974–21 May 1986
Office
- Hon Minister assisting Minister for Health, Fisheries and Fauna, 16 March 1965–17 August 1965
- Minister for Health, Fisheries and Fauna, and Environmental Protection (from 10 December 1970), 17 August 1965–3 March 1971
- Minister for Education, Cultural Affairs and Recreation, 8 April 1974–10 March 1977
- Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, 10 March 1977–5 March 1980
- Minister for Fisheries and Wildlife, Tourism, Conservation and the Environment, 10 March 1977–25 August 1978; for Works, Water Supplies and Tourism, 25 August 1978–5 March 1980
- Minister in charge and Chairman of Sesquicentennial Celebrations, 1978–1979
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees, 1958–1965
- Member, Standing Committee on Government Agencies, 15 October 1985– May 1986
- Chairman Select Committee on the Workers’ Compensation Act Amendment Bill, 25 October–28 November 1973
- Member, Select Committee on Builders Registration Act, 1961–1962
- Member, Select Committee on Racing and Trotting in WA, 1982
- Member, Select Committee on a Matter of Privilege, 18 October–20 December 1983
- Member, Select Committee on the Fruit and Vegetable Industry in WA, October 1983–11 December 1984
- Chairman, 150th Anniversary Committee of Legislative Council, 1982
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at 8th Australian Area Conference, Hobart 1965
Historic Notes
- Father of the House, Legislative Council, 1977–1986
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Personal Information |
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10 December 1916 |
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Bridgetown, Western Australia |
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27 June 1992 |
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Repatriation General Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Charles Archibald MacKinnon, stock agent and business manager for Elder Smith and Co, and Rhoda Myrtle Moyes and uncle of Barry John MacKinnon |
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Married 20 April 1940, Maylands Catholic Church to Mary Theresa Shaw (died 29 July 1994), daughter of James Richard Shaw and Johanna Lee Kittson
Children: two sons |
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Not stated |
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Educated various primary schools, Northam and Bunbury Senior High School
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Businessperson |
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Clerk, Elder Smith and Company, 1931–1935
Shop assistant, Woolworths, 1935–1940
Farmed at Bridgetown, 1936–1939
In Citizens’ Military Forces, 10th and 25th Light Horse
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 30 May 1940
With supply personnel then transferred to 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion—Sergeant
Attended Officers’ School Randwick, NSW promoted to Lieutenant, 27 March 1941
Served in Malaya and Singapore, prisoner of war of Japanese for three years after capture in Singapore, awarded Efficiency Decoration; discharged 8 February 1946
Business proprietor, caravan and motor body building, 1946–1950
Manager, South-West Singer Sewing Machine Company, 1951–1954(6) |
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Appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), 1980 |
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Lived in Bunbury after the war
Member, Coach and Vehicle Builders’ Union
Justice of the Peace
President, Bunbury Return Services League of Australia; Community Services Director, Bunbury Rotary Club 1953–1956, hon member 1956
Commissioner for Forrest Division
State President, Scout Association 1974–1986, awarded Silver Kangaroo 1986
Member, Bunbury Repertory Club and South-Western Club
Member, South Bunbury Football Club |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 162.
West Australian, 10 April 1956.
Who's Who Australia, (1983) |
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