Alstair Mackenzie (c.1804 – 26 September 1852) was the first Treasurer of Victoria. Alstair Mackenzie was the only son of General John Mackenzie and Lilias Chisholm from

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, Scotland. Mackenzie married Wade Ellen Huyler, daughter of George Huyler, in 1839. He gained the rank of Officer in the service of the 90th Light Infantry. Mackenzie was a magistrate in the Bahamas. Then he went to Melbourne and became the first Treasurer for the

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in 1851. Mackenzie, who was ill for some time, died on Sunday evening 26 September 1852, at his residence in Collingwood, Victoria, at the age of forty-eight years.

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