John Young McDonald
John Young McDonald (8 August 1837 – 7 September 1917) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
He was born in Leith; his mother's name was Margaret Dow. He migrated to Melbourne around 1855 and tried his luck on the Ballarat goldfields without success. He worked as a plumber based in Ballarat, and after thirty years retired to become a sharebroker. In 1898 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council to represent Wellington Province. He was a minister without portfolio from 1908 to 1909. McDonald resigned in 1917 and died at Ballarat later that year; he had never married.[1]
References
- Parliament of Victoria (2001). "McDonald, John Young". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
| Victorian Legislative Council | ||
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| Preceded by Thomas Wanliss |
Member for Wellington 1898–1917 Served alongside: Henry Cuthbert, Frederick Brawn |
Succeeded by Alexander Bell |
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