John Alexander MacPherson
John Alexander MacPherson | |
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| 7th Premier of Victoria | |
| In office 20 September 1869 – 9 April 1870 | |
| Preceded by | James McCulloch |
| Succeeded by | James McCulloch |
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| Born | 15 October 1833 Springbank, Limestone Plains(Canberra), New South Wales (ACT) |
| Died | 17 February 1894 (aged 60) Chertsey, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Helen, née Watson, Louisa "née" Featherstonhaugh |
John Alexander MacPherson (15 October 1833 – 17 February 1894),Premier of Victoria.
MacPherson was born at his father's property of
Western District
.
MacPherson was elected as a conservative to the
squatters
' pastoral runs, before being defeated in the Assembly and resigning in April 1870.
MacPherson served as Chief Secretary in the third McCulloch government in 1875 to 1877, before retiring from politics in July 1878,[1] still aged only 44. In 1880 he moved to England and settled in Surrey, where he died in 1894. He married Louisa Featherstonhaugh (/ˈfænʃɔː/ FAN-shaw) in 1858: they had seven children.
References
- ^ a b c "Macpherson, John Alexander". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "ON THIS DAY". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- Geoff Browne, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1900–84, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1985
- Don Garden, Victoria: A History, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1984
- Kathleen Thompson and Geoffrey Serle, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1856–1900, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972
- Raymond Wright, A People's Counsel. A History of the Parliament of Victoria, 1856–1990, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992
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