George Mackay (Australian politician)

George Hugh Alexander Mackay was an Australian politician and Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.

Mackay was born at Copperfield, near Clermont in Queensland, to Scottishborn carpenter Hugh Mackay and Jane, ne Baird. He attended the state schools at Clermont and Bundaberg before becoming an apprentice printer at the Peak Downs Telegram in 1887. In 1894 he was promoted to foreman printer, and finally became managing editor. He married Edith Ann Heard onSeptember 1896 at the Wesleyan Church in Clermont, after which he joined his sister Barbara in the local bookshop and newsagency. He was elected to Clermont Toun Council in 1882 and served as mayor 190002.

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