Malcolm Mackay (Australian politician)
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Dr Malcolm Mackay | |
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| Minister for the Navy | |
| In office 22 March 1971 – 5 December 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | William McMahon |
| Preceded by | Jim Killen |
| Succeeded by | Lance Barnard |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Evans | |
| In office 30 November 1963 – 2 December 1972 | |
| Preceded by | James Monaghan |
| Succeeded by | Allan Mulder |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1919 Brighton, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 8 July 1999 (aged 79) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse | Ruth |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
Malcolm George Mackay AM (29 December 1919 – 8 July 1999) was an Australian clergyman and politician. He was a member of federal parliament from 1963 to 1972, representing the Liberal Party, and served as Minister for the Navy in the McMahon government. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister and prior to entering parliament served as the general secretary of the Australian division of the World Council of Churches.
Mackay was born in Brighton, South Australia and educated at Adelaide Technical High School. During World War II he served in the Royal Australian Navy. After the war he earned a B.A. degree from the University of Sydney and a B.D. degree from the University of Melbourne. In 1952 he obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis on the Lord's Supper.[1][2]
Church activities
Mackay returned to Australia to be a Presbyterian minister. He was ordained and inducted to the Merbein-Wentworth parish on 1 July 1952, demitted 14 June 1954 and from 1954 until 1956, he was the Australian General Secretary for the World Council of Churches. In September 1956 he became the first Australian born minister at Sydney's Scots Church. He became the foundation Master of Basser College at the University of New South Wales in 1959. He was also one of the first prominent churchmen in Australia to pursue an active career on television. He monitored the Burning Question program on Channel 7 from 1957 until 1961 before moving to the ABC for the current affairs program Open Hearing.[3] He was later assistant minister of the Scots Church, Melbourne, from 1975 to 1976 and from 1982 to 1984.
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