Malcolm McKenzie (Australian politician)
Australian politician
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Malcolm Kenneth McKenzie (January 1849 – 16 June 1927) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Broadford to grazier Alexander McKenzie and Mary née McCracken.[1] He attended Scotch College and then worked on his father's property, which he inherited upon his father's death. He married Hannah Le Procka Cain,[1] with whom he had two sons. In May 1892, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Anglesey,[2] by which time he was totally blind.
He was defeated in February 1903[2] and contested Upper Goulburn unsuccessfully in 1904, 1907 and 1908,[1] before winning re-election in December 1911.[2] He served as a backbench Liberal and Nationalist until his retirement from politics in 1920. McKenzie died in Caulfield in 1927.[2]