Donald McIntyre (20 April 1851 – 6 November 1927) was a

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Early life

McIntyre was born near

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in 1851. The son of Peter McIntyre and his wife Jane (née McFarlane), he came to Australia with his family in 1862, sailing on the ''Ocean Chief '' and landing at

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. He found work at several Stations over the years before establishing the Greenmount Cheese Factory in 1893. He went on to open a further two cheese factories at Zahley (near present-day

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) and Quinalow.

Politics

McIntyre won the seat of Aubigny for the

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in the

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state election. He served less than nine months before losing his seat at the

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state election.

Personal life

McIntyre married Mary Jane Keag on 10 July 1877 and together they had nine children. He died in 1927 and was buried in the

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. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Donald Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Businesspeople from Queensland 1851 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Australian businesspeople Colony of Queensland people