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Gordon Charlton Mackie (13 August 1911 – 5 May 1990) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
representing the seat of Albury. Mackie moved to
Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...
as a young man where his father was a businessman and farmer and Gordon Mackie became a grazier. He served in the
Second Australian Imperial Force The Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF, or Second AIF) was the name given to the volunteer expeditionary force of the Australian Army in the Second World War. It was formed following the declaration of war on Nazi Germany, with an initial ...
during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. He married Edna and had one son and one daughter. He was a councillor of Culcairn Shire from 1959 until 1965 and deputy president of it from 1959 until 1965. Mackie was elected the
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member for Albury in 1965 and held it until he retired in 1977. He was later replaced by
Harold Mair Harold David Mair, OAM (2 June 1919 – 7 September 2011) was an Australian politician. Mair was mayor of Albury from 1976 until 1977. In 1978, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Albury, representing the ...
in 1977. He died in Albury.


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  Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales 1911 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub