Francis McDonald (1 January 1860 – 13 May 1938) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1901 to 1904, representing the seat of Cockburn Sound.
Francis McDonald | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
| In office 24 April 1901 – 28 June 1904 | |
| Preceded by | None (new seat) |
| Succeeded by | None (abolished) |
| Constituency | Cockburn Sound |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1860 Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland |
| Died | 13 May 1938 (aged 78) Beverley, Western Australia, Australia |
McDonald was born in Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland, to Annie (née Grant) and James McDonald. After a period in New South Wales, he came to Western Australia in 1892, starting a business in Fremantle. McDonald was elected to the East Fremantle Municipal Council upon its formation in 1897 and served as mayor from 1900 to 1903.[1] At the 1901 state election, he won the newly created seat of Cockburn Sound, which took in the area immediately south of Fremantle. The seat was abolished at the 1904 election,[2] and later in the year McDonald purchased a farm at Beverley (in the Wheatbelt).[1] He contested the seat of Beverley at the 1905 election, but was defeated by Edmund Smith.[2] McDonald remained in Beverley for the rest of his life, dying there in May 1938 (aged 78).[1]
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edit- ^ a b c Francis McDonald – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ a b Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.