John Mackey (politician)
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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 where he was resident at Ormond College, 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.
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(1924-04-06) (aged 60) Nayook, Victoria, Australia |
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 Nayook in 1924.[3]