Michael MacKellar

Michael MacKellar
Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment
In office
17 February 1981 – 19 March 1981
Prime MinisterMalcolm Fraser
Preceded byRobert Ellicott
Succeeded byIan Wilson
Minister for Health
In office
8 December 1979 – 20 April 1982
Prime MinisterMalcolm Fraser
Preceded byRalph Hunt
Succeeded byPeter Baume
Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
In office
22 December 1975 – 8 December 1979
Prime MinisterMalcolm Fraser
Preceded byTony Street
Succeeded byIan Macphee
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Warringah
In office
25 October 1969 – 18 February 1994
Preceded byEdward St John
Succeeded byTony Abbott
Personal details
Born
Michael John Randal MacKellar

(1938-10-27)27 October 1938
Moree, New South Wales,[citation needed] Australia
Died9 May 2015(2015-05-09) (aged 76)
Melbourne, Victoria,[citation needed] Australia
Political partyLiberal
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Sydney, University of Oxford
OccupationAgricultural scientist

Michael John Randal MacKellar AM (27 October 1938 – 9 May 2015) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1994, representing the Division of Warringah. He was Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1975–1979) and Minister for Health (1979–1982) in the Fraser government.