John McCall (Australian politician)

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Sir

John McCall

KCMG
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for West Devon
In office
12 November 1888 – December 1893
Preceded byEdward Braddon
Succeeded bySir Edward Braddon
In office
30 April 1901 – April 1909
Preceded bySir Edward Braddon
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born(1860-08-10)10 August 1860
East Devonport, Tasmania
Died27 June 1919(1919-06-27) (aged 58)
London, England
Resting placePutney Vale Cemetery
Spouse(s)
Mary Chickie
​
​
(m. 1880; died 1896)​

Claire Pearson Reynolds
​
​
(m. 1900)​
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
ProfessionMedical doctor

Sir John McCall KCMG (10 August 1860 – 27 June 1919) was an Australian politician.

History[]

Born in Devonport, Tasmania the son of , MLC, he studied for his Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Glasgow, returning to Tasmania in 1881.[1] In 1888 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Protectionist member for West Devon. He served until 1893, and then again from 1901 to 1909.[2] He then took up the post of Tasmania's agent-general in London, where he served with distinction and died ten years later.[3]

Family[]

Sir John was married twice; to Mary Chickie[4] (died 28 February 1896), whom he married in Glasgow, and with whom he had a son and a daughter:

The son, also named Dr. John McCall, married Marjorie MacDonald of Fremantle in 1918. Their 3-year old son John died choking on a peanut; Marjorie died of pneumonia a week later.[5]
The daughter, Mary "Mollie" McCall, married Commander Hewitt in 1923;[6]

On 20 November 1900 he married Claire Pearson Reynolds (c. 1882 – 3 June 1945), with whom he had two sons: G. Donald McCall of Mont Albert, Victoria and the Rt Rev. Theodore Bruce McCall[4] home secretary of the (Anglican) Australian Board of Missions and Bishop of Rockhampton and Wangaratta..

References[]

  1. ^ "Dr. McCall". The Mercury (Hobart). XXXIX (3705). Tasmania, Australia. 21 December 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "McCall, Sir John". Parliament of Tasmania. 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Death of Sir John McCall". The Daily Telegraph (Launceston). XXXIX (154). Tasmania, Australia. 30 June 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "His Career". The Mercury (Hobart). CX (15, 498). Tasmania, Australia. 30 June 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Doctor's Loss". The Examiner (Tasmania). LXXXIX (309). Tasmania, Australia. 28 December 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Australians Abroad". The Sunday Times (Sydney) (1956). New South Wales, Australia. 29 July 1923. p. 13. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.


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