John Mackey (politician)
Sir John Mackey | |
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| 12th Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 29 November 1917 – 6 April 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Madden |
| Succeeded by | John Bowser |
| Solicitor-General of Victoria | |
| In office 28 February 1908 – 8 September 1908 | |
| Preceded by | John Mark Davies |
| Succeeded by | John Mark Davies |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Gippsland West | |
| In office 1902–1924 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Nichols |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Walter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1863 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 6 April 1924 (aged 60) , Victoria, Australia |
Sir John Emanuel Mackey (7 August 1863 – 6 April 1924) was an Australian politician. Mackey was born in Sandhurst to horse dealer David Mackey and Mary Ann Moore. He was largely self-educated, with only a brief and late formal education. He worked at a printery in Bendigo and then as a compositor for Mason, Firth and McCutcheon, a Melbourne law firm. He studied law at the University of Melbourne, receiving a Bachelor of Law and a Master of Arts. In 1890 he was called to the bar, and he was also a lecturer at Melbourne University. In 1902 he married Stella Watson Bates, with whom he had five children.
Mackey was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1902 for Gippsland West, and soon entered the ministry as a minister without portfolio in 1904. From 1906 he was Minister of Lands; he was also briefly Chief Secretary and Minister of Labour from 1906 to 1907 before taking up these roles again in 1908.[1] From February to September 1908 he was Solicitor-General of Victoria.[2] A Liberal and a member of the Nationalist Party's Economy faction, he was Speaker of the Assembly from 1917 to 1924. Knighted in 1921, he died at in 1924.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Sir John Emanuel Mackey". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Appointment Solicitor-General John Mackey". Victorian Government Gazette. 28 February 1908. p. 1908:1506.
- ^ Serle, Geoffrey. "Mackey, Sir John Emanuel (1863–1924)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- 1863 births
- 1924 deaths
- Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Solicitors-General of Victoria
- Australian Knights Bachelor