Malcolm McIntyre (9 March 1889 – 12 August 1969) was a

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and member of the

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Biography

McIntyre was born at

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, to parents Colin McKenzie McIntyre and his wife Wilhelmina Elizabeth (née Keefer) and educated at the local State School. He became a farmhand on his father's property, ''Glenmore'' at Mount Tyson and in 1916 he bought ''Sedgemoore'', a property in the same area. On the 2nd Aug 1916 McIntyre married Rose Marron Quire and together had two sons and one daughter. Rose died in 1929Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 13 March 2016. and on the 22 Jun 1933 he married Annie Dore (died 1956). McIntyre died in 1969 and was buried in the Pittsworth Cemetery.Deceased search
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. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

Public career

McIntyre first started in politics as a councilor on Pittsworth Shire Council, serving from 1936 to 1948. He then won the seat of

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at the 1944 Queensland elections, replacing the retiring member William Deacon. He remained the member for Cunningham until 1953 when he did not contest that year's state election. McIntyre was also chairman of directors of the Mount Tyson Cooperative Dairy Association, director of the Queensland Cheese Manufacturers Association and chairman of the Queensland Cheese Marketing Board & Queensland Dairymen's Organisation (Mt Tyson branch). His uncle,

Donald McIntyre Sir Donald Conroy McIntyre (born 22 October 1934 in Auckland) is an operatic bass-baritone from New Zealand. Operatic career McIntyre made his formal debut as Zaccaria in ''Nabucco'', at the Welsh National Opera, in 1959. In 1964 he created ...

, was the member for Aubigny and his nephew was Alan Fletcher, who took over the seat of Cunningham from him. He was very civic minded being chairman of the Mount Tyson School Committee, and the Rossvale and District School Sports Association, and State President of the Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen's Association of Queensland. He was also a member of many charitable organisations in the district.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Malcolm Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1889 births 1969 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians People from Pittsworth, Queensland