James Macintosh (21 December 1830 – 16 April 1904) was a member of the

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. Macintosh was born in 1830 at Kilniver, south of

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, Scotland. He came to

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, Australia in 1853 and took up farming on the

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. In 1855, he married Isabella M'Crae in 1855, with whom he was to have seven sons and one daughter. In the same year, he purchased a farm at Yangardook, and in 1867, he purchased the Oak Park farm in

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. Macintosh was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from October 1859 to July 1861 for East Bourke. He died in Braybrook in 1904.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macintosh, James 1830 births 1904 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Scottish emigrants to Australia 19th-century Australian politicians People from Rockbank, Victoria Victoria (state) politicians Australian farmers People from Argyll and Bute