Kennedy Macdonald

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
18901891 11th City of Wellington Liberal

Thomas Kennedy Macdonald (6 April 1847 – 17 October 1914), known as Kennedy Macdonald or Kennedy Mac, was a 19th-century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand.

Macdonald was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France. He came to Wellington from Australia in July 1871.[1]

He married Frances Rossiter on 15 November 1870 in Melbourne. They lost three son within one month in 1876 during a scarlet fever epidemic.[1]

He represented the City of Wellington electorate from 1890 to 1891, when he resigned.[2] He contested the three-member City of Wellington electorate in the 1899 election, when he came fourth.[3] He considered standing in the Otaki by-election in January 1900, but the brother of the deceased incumbent consented to stand for the Liberal Party instead.[4]

He was a founding member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in 1882.[5] Almost 100 years later, Inverlochy House, his former residence, was given to the academy.[6]

He was appointed to the Legislative Council from 1903 to 1911.[2] The Macdonald family is buried at Bolton Street Memorial Park, and their grave is part of the memorial trail.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Alington, Margaret. "Macdonald, Thomas Kennedy". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 215. OCLC 154283103.
  3. "New Zealand General Election, 1899". Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1900 Session I, H-26. p. 2. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  4. "Second Edition". The Evening Post. LVIII (140). 11 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. "Men associated with the Fine Arts Association of New Zealand - Photograph taken by Herrmann". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. "Kennedy Macdonald". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  7. "Details". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  8. "Memorial Trail" (PDF). Bolton Street Memorial Park. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
New Zealand Parliament
In abeyance
Title last held by
William Hutchison, William Levin
Member of Parliament for Wellington
18901891
Served alongside: George Fisher, John Duthie
Succeeded by
William McLean


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