Malcolm George Mackay AM (29 December 1919 – 8 July 1999) was an Australian clergyman and politician. He was a member of

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from 1963 to 1972, representing the

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, and served as Minister for the Navy in the McMahon government. He was an ordained

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minister and prior to entering parliament served as the general secretary of the Australian division of the

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Early life

Mackay was born in

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and educated at

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Technical High School. During

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he served in the

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. After the war he earned a B.A. degree from the

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and a B.D. degree from the

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. He obtained a doctorate from the

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Church activities

Mackay returned to Australia to be a

minister. He was ordained and inducted to the Merbein-Wentworth parish on 1 July 1952, demitted 14 June 1954 and from 1954 until 1956, he was the Australian General Secretary for the

. In September 1956 he became the first Australian born minister at Sydney's Scots Church. He became the foundation Master of Basser College at the University of New South Wales in 1959. He was also one of the first prominent churchmen in Australia to pursue an active career on television. He monitored the Burning Question program on Channel 7 from 1957 until 1961 before moving to the ABC for the current affairs program Open Hearing. He was later assistant minister of the Scots Church, Melbourne, 1975–76 and 1982–84.

Politics

Mackay was elected as the

member for the

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seat of

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from the 1963 election. He was Minister for the Navy from March 1971 until his defeat by

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at the December 1972 election. Mackay was the founding president of the Association of Former Members of the Parliament of Australia, and he remained an executive member of the association until his death.

Personal life and honours

Mackay was made a Member of the

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in 1986 for "services to the community particularly in the fields of religion, education and politics." He and his wife, Ruth died in a car accident in Melbourne. One of their daughters, Elspeth, died in 1981 also as a result of a car accident. Malcolm and Ruth were survived by their other daughter Margie and son Andrew.Margie Mackay at MySpace
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