Donald McDonald Mackay
Donald McDonald MacKay (c. 1845 – 30 January 1904) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1896 to 1902, representing North Province.
The Honourable Donald McDonald MacKay | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia | |
| In office 27 July 1896 – 21 May 1902 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Edward Wittenoom |
| Constituency | North Province |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1845 Isle of Skye, Scotland |
| Died | 30 January 1904 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia |
MacKay was born in Ben Mohr Estate, Snizort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire in 1847, a son of Samuel Nicholson Mackay and Janette Mackay (née McKinnon) (died 23 June 1891), who emigrated with their family to South Australia in 1855, settling in Naracoorte. MacKay left for Western Australia in 1869, and went to the Pilbara, where he developed a pastoral lease on the Maitland River. With his brother, Roderick MacKay, he later developed Mundabullangana Station on the Yule River. In 1892, after a drought, MacKay sold his property in the North-West and moved to Fremantle. He was elected to the Legislative Council for the North Province at the 1896 elections, replacing Edward Robinson, and served a single six-year term before retiring. MacKay died in Fremantle in January 1904.