George Mackay (Australian politician)

The Honourable George Mackay
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
In office 17 February 1932 – 7 August 1934
Preceded by	Norman Makin
Succeeded by	George Bell
Member of the Australian Parliament for Lilley
In office 5 May 1917 – 7 August 1934
Preceded by	Jacob Stumm
Succeeded by	Donald Cameron
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gympie
In office 27 April 1912 – 22 May 1915
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Thomas Dunstan
Personal details
Born	(1872-03-20)20 March 1872 Clermont, Queensland, Australia
Died	5 November 1961(1961-11-05) (aged 89) Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Gympie Cemetery
Political party	Liberal (state, until 1915), Nationalist (federal, 1917–31) UAP (1931–34)
Spouse	Edith Ann Heard (m.1896 d.1958)
Occupation	Real estate agent

George Hugh Alexander Mackay (20 March 1872 – 5 November 1961) was an Australian politician at state and federal level. He served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly as a Liberal from 1912 to 1915, before winning the Division of Lilley as a Nationalist at the 1917 federal election. Mackay joined the new United Australia Party (UAP) in 1931 and served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1932 until his retirement in 1934.