Peter MacGregor (Queensland politician)

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Peter MacGregor
Peter Balderston MacGregor - Queensland Politician.png
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Merthyr
In office
9 October 1920 – 12 May 1923
Preceded byPeter McLachlan
Succeeded byPeter McLachlan
Personal details
Born
Peter Balderston MacGregor

(1866-04-09)9 April 1866
Helidon, Queensland, Australia
Died10 April 1936(1936-04-10) (aged 70)
New Farm, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyNational
Spouse(s)Mabel Newton (m.1899)
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationBarrister

Peter Balderston MacGregor (9 April 1866 – 10 April 1936) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography[]

MacGregor was born in Helidon, Queensland, the son of Alexander Macgregor and his wife Frances Elizabeth (née Eves). He attended East Ipswich State School, Ipswich Grammar School and then Balliol College, Oxford where he studied law. He became a law clerk for Lilley & O'Sullivan before being employed by Samuel Griffith as an assistant. In 1894 he had his own practice and in 1900-1901 he was an acting district judge. He was also an acting judge on the Queensland Supreme Court in 1932.[1]

In 1899 MacGregor married Mabel Newton and together had two sons and two daughters. He died in 1936[1] and his funeral proceeded from his New Farm residence to the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[2][3]

Public career[]

Representing the Nationalist Party, he won the seat of Merthyr in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1920, defeating the sitting member, Peter McLachlan of the Labor Party. He served one term before being defeated three years later by McLachlan.[1]

MacGregor was the editor of the State Reporter and Law Journal, a member of the Queensland Club, and president of the Women's College Council from 1914-1936. He was also a champion lawn tennis player.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Courier-mail. No. 816. Queensland, Australia. 11 April 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 10 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Peter Balderston Macgregor ( - 1936) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Peter McLachlan
 Member for Merthyr
1920–1923 		Succeeded by
Peter McLachlan
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