Cuthbert McKenzie (12 April 1851 - 16 February 1926) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for South-East Province from 1910 to 1922, as a Ministerialist (1910-1911) and as a member of the Liberal Party (1910-1914) and Country Party (1914-1922).[1]
McKenzie was born at Albany, the son of a mariner. He was variously a merchant, coastal trader and whaler until 1881, when he married Grace Cheyne Moir and went into business in Albany as the proprietor of the Freemason's Hotel, then as a storekeeper and then publican in York Street. He was the proprietor of the White Hart Hotel from 1897; he also owned the York Hotel at that time. He was a councillor of the Municipality of Albany from 1888 until 1898 and was mayor for seven of the years between 1898 and 1908. He was appointed a justice of the peace for the Plantagenet district in 1898 and for the whole state in 1907.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
McKenzie was elected to the Legislative Council at the triennial election in May 1910 as a Ministerialist candidate.[1][12] He was unable to tour the electorate during the campaign due to health issues, but campaigned on a platform of a reduction in the property qualification for Legislative Council franchise, introducing a local option for prohibition of alcohol, the establishment of a public works committee, building new railways in the region and reforming the system for taking up land.[13] He joined the Liberal Party at its formation in 1911, but defected to the new Country Party in 1914. He retired from the Legislative Council in 1922.[1][14] He supported the Ministerial Country Party in the Country Party split of 1923.[1]
He lived in retirement after leaving politics and was practically confined to his home due to ill health from late 1925. He died in 1926 and was buried in the Church of England section of the Old Albany Cemetery.[1][15][11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Cuthbert McKenzie". Members' biographical register. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Advertising". The Albany Mail And King George's Sound Advertiser. Western Australia. 8 May 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "ALBANY". Western Mail. Western Australia. 10 December 1897. p. 51. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Advertising". The Albany Advertiser. Western Australia. 24 May 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "ALBANY ELECTIONS". The Albany Mail And King George's Sound Advertiser. Western Australia. 21 November 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "NEWS AND NOTES". The West Australian. Western Australia. 22 December 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Personal". The Albany Advertiser. Western Australia. 4 September 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "THE MAYOR OF ALBANY". Western Mail. Western Australia. 21 December 1907. p. 33. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Municipality of Albany". The Albany Advertiser. Western Australia. 28 November 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The Advertiser. South Australia. 29 June 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "Death of the Late Hon. C. McKenzie". The Southern Districts Advocate. Western Australia. 22 February 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "STATE POLITICS". Western Mail. Western Australia. 30 April 1910. p. 18. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Legislative Council Elections". Great Southern Leader. Western Australia. 6 May 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Untitled". The Albany Despatch. Western Australia. 20 April 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Death of Hon. C. McKenzie". The Albany Advertiser. Western Australia. 17 February 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
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