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John McCall (Australian politician)

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John McCall
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for West Devon
In office
12 November 1888 – December 1893
Preceded byEdward Braddon
Succeeded bySir Edward Braddon
In office
30 April 1901 – April 1909
Preceded bySir Edward Braddon
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born(1860-08-10)10 August 1860
East Devonport, Tasmania
Died27 June 1919(1919-06-27) (aged 58)
London, England
Resting placePutney Vale Cemetery
Spouses
Mary Chickie
(m. 1880; died 1896)
Claire Pearson Reynolds
(m. 1900)
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
ProfessionMedical doctor

Sir John McCall KCMG (10 August 1860 – 27 June 1919) was an Australian politician.

History

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Born in Devonport, Tasmania the son of John Hair McCall, MLC, he studied for his Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Glasgow, returning to Tasmania in 1881.[1] In 1888, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Protectionist member for West Devon. He served until 1893, and then again from 1901 to 1909.[2] He then took up the post of Tasmania's agent-general in London, where he served with distinction and died ten years later.[3]

Family

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Sir John was married twice; to Mary Chickie[4] (died 28 February 1896), whom he married in Glasgow, and with whom he had a son and a daughter:

The son, also named Dr. John McCall, married Marjorie MacDonald of Fremantle in 1918. Their 3-year old son John died choking on a peanut; Marjorie died of pneumonia a week later.[5]
The daughter, Mary "Mollie" McCall, married Commander Hewitt in 1923;[6]

On 20 November 1900, he married Claire Pearson Reynolds (c. 1882 – 3 June 1945), with whom he had two sons: G. Donald McCall of Mont Albert, Victoria and the Rt Rev. Theodore Bruce McCall[4] home secretary of the (Anglican) Australian Board of Missions and Bishop of Rockhampton and Wangaratta..

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. McCall". The Mercury (Hobart). Vol. XXXIX, no. 3705. Tasmania, Australia. 21 December 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "McCall, Sir John". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Death of Sir John McCall". The Daily Telegraph (Launceston). 30 June 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Trove.
  4. ^ a b "His Career". The Mercury (Hobart). Vol. CX, no. 15, 498. Tasmania, Australia. 30 June 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Doctor's Loss". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. LXXXIX, no. 309. Tasmania, Australia. 28 December 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Australians Abroad". The Sunday Times (Sydney). No. 1956. New South Wales, Australia. 29 July 1923. p. 13. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Trove.