Robert McKenzie (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert McKenzie (Australian politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1865

Place of Birth: Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 14-May-1928

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Robert McKenzie (Australian politician)

  • Robert Donald McKenzie (19 March 1865 – 14 May 1928) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1904 to 1916.
  • He was a minister in the first government of Frank Wilson. McKenzie was born in Eaglehawk, Victoria (near Bendigo), to Margaret (née Reid) and Hugh McKenzie.
  • He came to Western Australia in 1894, during the gold rush, and opened a general store at Hannans (near Kalgoorlie).
  • McKenzie later expanded his business, becoming a timber and hardware merchant.
  • He was elected to the Kalgoorlie Municipal Council in 1895, and would serve as Mayor of Kalgoorlie from 1897 to 1898.
  • McKenzie was elected to parliament at the 1904 Legislative Council elections, defeating Arthur Jenkins in North-East Province.
  • He was re-elected in May 1910, and when Frank Wilson replaced Newton Moore as premier a few months later he was made a minister without portfolio in the new ministry.
  • Wilson's government was defeated in October 1911, and McKenzie left parliament when his term expired in 1916.
  • He died in Perth in 1928, aged 63.

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