Preceded by Edward Braddon Succeeded by District abolished | Preceded by Sir Edward Braddon Succeeded by Sir Edward Braddon Name John McCall | |
Born 10 August 1860
East Devonport, Tasmania ( 1860-08-10 ) Died 27 June 1919(1919-06-27) (aged 58)
London, England | ||
Resting place Putney Vale Cemetery | ||
Sir John McCall MD., LLD., (10 August 1860 – 27 June 1919) was an Australian politician.
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History
Born in Devonport, Tasmania the son of John Hair McCall, MLC, he studied for his Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Glasgow, returning to Tasmania in 1881. In 1888 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Protectionist member for West Devon. He served until 1893, and then again from 1901 to 1909. He then took up the post of Tasmania's agent-general in London, where he served with distinction and died ten years later.
Family
Sir John was married twice; to Mary Chickie (died 28 February 1896), whom he married in Glasgow, and with whom he had a son and a daughter:
The son, also named Dr. John McCall, married Marjorie MacDonald of Fremantle in 1918. Their 3-year old son John died choking on a peanut; Marjorie died of pneumonia a week later. The daughter, Mary "Mollie" McCall, married Commander Hewitt in 1923;On 20 November 1900 he married Claire Pearson Reynolds (c. 1882 – 3 June 1945), with whom he had two sons: G. Donald McCall of Mont Albert, Victoria and Rev. T. Bruce McCall home secretary of the (Anglican) Australian Board of Missions.