Sandy Macdonald

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John Alexander Lindsay "Sandy" Macdonald (born 10 May 1954), is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1998, and again fromm 2001 to 2007. Macdonald represented the National Party of Australia in the state of New South Wales^[1].

Contents 1 Political Career 1.1 Criticism of the Australian National Anthem 2 Early Life 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Political Career

McDonald was the third senate candidate for the Nationals in 1998 federal election but narrowly lost his seat to Aden Ridgeway of the Democrats. In May 2000 he regained his seat in the Senate following the resignation of National Party Senator David Brownhill. In June 2005 Macdonald was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade, then in January 2006, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence.

In late 2006 Macdonald was bitterly defeated by John “Wacka” Williams in a preselection battle.^[2] Macdonald announced his retirement from Federal politics shortly thereafter. In the ensuing election the Federal Coalition government was comprehensively defeated, but Williams won his seat.^[3]

[edit] Criticism of the Australian National Anthem

In 2001 Macdonald was extremely critical of the Australian National anthem Advance Australia Fair, stating that Australians "are bored by the music and find the words impossible to understand". He went on to suggest the anthem should be replaced "before we all go to sleep singing it".^[4]

[edit] Early Life

Macdonald was born in Quirindi, New South Wales and was educated at Sydney University, where he graduated in law. He was a wool and beef farmer before entering politics.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Senator Sandy Macdonald website

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