William MacGregor (Australian politician)

William Peter MacGregor (1853 – 24 February 1899) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

His parents were Andrew MacGregor and Mary Dove, and he arrived in New South Wales around 1878, settling in Broken Hill. He ran a station near Silverton, and became involved in local mining as a shareholder and businessman. He was chairman of directors of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited at the time of the 1892 Broken Hill miners' strike.[1]

In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Wentworth.[2] He was re-elected in 1887,[3] but resigned later that year.[4]

MacGregor died of pneumonia in East Melbourne in 1899.[5]

References

1. "Obituary Mr William P Macgregor" (PDF). The Australasian Pastoralists' Review. 15 March 1899. p. 59. Retrieved 4 November 2020 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
2. Green, Antony. "1885 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "1887 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
4. "Mr William Peter MacGregor (1853-1899)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
5. "Death of Mr William Macgregor". The Kyneton Observer. 28 February 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 4 November 2020 – via Trove.