Sir Charles Mackellar | |
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Senator for New South Wales | |
In office 8 October 1903 – 30 November 1903 | |
Preceded by | Richard O'Connor |
Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales | |
In office 8 September 1885 – 19 October 1903 | |
Appointed by | Lord Augustus Loftus |
In office 26 November 1903 – 24 June 1925 | |
Appointed by | Sir Harry Rawson |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 5 December 1844
Died | 14 July 1926 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 81)
Political party | Protectionist Party |
Spouse | Marion Buckland |
Children | Dorothea Mackellar |
Residence | Dunara |
Occupation | Physician, surgeon, politician |
Sir Charles Kinnaird Mackellar KCMG (5 December 1844 – 14 July 1926) was an Australian politician and surgeon.[1] He served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1885 to 1925, with the exception of a period of 50 days in 1903 when he filled a casual vacancy in the Senate. He was the father of poet and writer Dorothea Mackellar.