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Mr William Peter MACGREGOR (1853 - 1899)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1853
Place of Birth: Scotland
Date of Death: 24/02/1899
Place of Death: East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Wentworth 26 Feb 1887 05 Sep 1887 6 months 11 days
Member for Wentworth 20 Oct 1885 26 Jan 1887 1 year 3 months 7 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 20 Oct 1885 05 Sep 1887 1 year 10 months 17 days
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist and mining company director. Arrived in Broken Hill - Silverton District c.1878; and took up a station near Silverton. In 1886 became the Chairman of Broken Hill Proprietry Ltd; had interests in nearly all mines at Silverton and Broken Hill; Large shareholder in the railway from Cockburn to Broken Hill via Silverton. First patron of Barrier branch of Amalgamated Miners Association.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Andrew Macgregor, gentleman, and Mary Dove.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.