Donald Mackintosh (16 May 1840 – 5 May 1932) was a farmer and member of the

Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ...

Early days

Mackintosh was born in

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, to parents James Mackintosh and his wife Mary (née Macarthur) and was educated in the local Lochaber village school. On his arrival in Australia he was a drover and the manager of the Glencoe Farm near

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Political career

Having been a member of the Jondaryan Divisional Board, Mackintosh, for the Ministerialists, represented the seat of Cambooya in the

from 1899 until the seat was abolished in 1912. He then moved to the new seat of

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and held the seat until he was defeated in 1915.

Personal life

In 1866, Mackintosh married Catherine Cowley (died 1907)Family history research
– Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 25 February 2016. and together had five sons and three daughters. He died in

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 C ...

in 1932 and was buried in

Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at the corner of South Street and Anzac Avenue, Harristown, Queensland, Australia. It was surveyed in May 1850, and is one of the earliest surviving cemeteries in Queensland. The cem ...

.Deceased search
– Toowoomba Regional Council. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mackintosh, Donald Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1840 births 1932 deaths