C. Gordon Mackie
Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie was a Scottish businessman in Hong Kong and member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of Hong Kong.
Biography
[edit]C. Gordon Mackie was associated with China and Hong Kong and head of many public utilities companies.[1] He was the head of the two big local firms, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., the shipping company and managing director of the Gibb, Livingston & Co., agent for the public utility company Hong Kong Electric Company.[2] He had also been chairman and deputy chairman of the board of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.[3][4]
Mackie was made Justice of the Peace and was elected to the Legislative Council as representative of the Justices of the Peace during the absence of Henry Pollock in May and October 1928.[5][6][2] In 1931, he was nominated to replace J. Owen Hughes as the representative of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce for a four-year-term from 17 May.[7][2] He served on the Legislative Council for six years until he retired and returned to Britain in April 1935.[8] Tribute was paid by Governor William Peel upon his leave.[1]
He was appointed to the Executive Council on several occasions, in June 1930 and in April 1933 during W. E. L. Shenton's absence,[9][10] April 1931 in the place of J. Owen Hughes during Henry Pollock's on leave,[11] and again in May 1934 for Henry Pollock.[12]
Among others he was also the member of the Authorized Architects' Committee[13] and Harbour Advisory Committee.[14]
He was the chairman of the Stewards of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.[8] On his trip to Macao for the Spring Race Meeting of the Macau Jockey Club in March 1932, the ship he toke, Venezia, crashed with Sui Tai which was on its way to Hong Kong near Lantau Island. Mackie and his wife were the survivors in the collision.[15]
His daughter Jean Mackie was a keen lady flier and was the first lady and also first member of the Hong Kong Flying Club to receive a "A" flying certificate in June 1934.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hon. Mr. C.G.S. Mackie". Hong Kong Daily Press. 29 March 1935. p. 7.
- ^ a b c "Mr. C. G. S. Mackie". Hong Kong Daily Press. 5 May 1931. p. 7.
- ^ "Advertisements". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 6 April 1934. p. 11.
- ^ "Advertisements". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 18 July 1930. p. 18.
- ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 265. 8 May 1928.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 546. 2 October 1928.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 298. 15 May 1931.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b "Glad to be Back Again". The China Mail. 2 February 1936. p. 6.
- ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 339. 6 June 1930.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 253. 12 April 1933.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 261. 29 April 1931.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 373. 10 May 1934.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 403. 3 July 1931.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 148. 4 March 1933.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Passengers Ship Collide". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 30 March 1932. p. 4.
- ^ "Miss Jean Mackie". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 21 June 1934. p. 6.