Malcolm Kenneth McKenzie (January 1849 – 16 June 1927) was an Australian politician.
He was born in
Broadford to grazier Alexander McKenzie and Mary McCracken. He attended
Scotch College and then worked on his father's property, which he inherited on his father's death. He married Hannah Le Procka Cain, with whom he had two sons. In 1892 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The presiding ...
for
Anglesey
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, by which time he was totally blind.
He was defeated in 1903 and contested
Upper Goulburn unsuccessfully in 1904, 1907 and 1908, before winning re-election in 1911. He served as a backbench Liberal and
Nationalist
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until his retirement from politics in 1920. McKenzie died in
Caulfield in 1927.
References
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1849 births
1927 deaths
Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly