Francis McDonald (1 January 1860 – 13 May 1938) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1901 to 1904, representing the seat of Cockburn Sound. McDonald was born in

Dunbeath Dunbeath ( gd, Dùn Bheithe) is a village in south-east Caithness, Scotland on the A9 road. It sits astride the Dunbeath Water just before it enters the sea at Dunbeath Bay. Dunbeath has a very rich archaeological landscape, the site of numero ...

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, Scotland, to Annie (née Grant) and James McDonald. After a period in

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, he came to Western Australia in 1892, starting a business in

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

. McDonald was elected to the East Fremantle Municipal Council upon its formation in 1897 and served as mayor from 1900 to 1903.Francis McDonald
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2016. At the 1901 state election, he won the newly created seat of Cockburn Sound, which took in the area immediately south of Fremantle. The seat was abolished at the 1904 election, and later in the year McDonald purchased a farm at

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(in the Wheatbelt). He contested the seat of Beverley at the 1905 election, but was defeated by Edmund Smith. McDonald remained in Beverley for the rest of his life, dying there in May 1938 (aged 78).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Francis 1860 births 1938 deaths Mayors of places in Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People from Caithness Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia Western Australian local councillors Colony of New South Wales people Colony of Western Australia people

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