Preceded by Henry Daniels Preceded by New seat Nationality Scottish Australian | Succeeded by Seat abolished Succeeded by Percy Bayley Political party Ministerial | |
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Full Name Donald Mackintosh Born 16 May 1840
Lochaber, Scotland ( 1840-05-16 ) Died 5 May 1932, Toowoomba, Australia Resting place Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery Similar William Thorn, Gilbert Eliott, Henry Littleton Groom, Robert Aland, William Henry Groom | ||
Donald Mackintosh (16 May 1840 – 5 May 1932) was a farmer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Early days
Mackintosh was born in Lochaber, Scotland, to parents James Mackintosh and his wife Mary (née Macarthur) and was educated in the local Lochaber village school. On his arrival in Australia he was a drover and the manager of the Glencoe Farm near Warwick.
Political career
Having been a member of the Jondaryan Divisional Board, Mackintosh, for the Ministerialists, represented the seat of Cambooya in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1899 until the seat was abolished in 1912. He then moved to the new seat of Pittsworth and held the seat until he was defeated in 1915.
Personal life
In 1866, Mackintosh married Catherine Cowley (died 1907) and together had five sons and three daughters.
He died in Toowoomba in 1932 and was buried in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.