Lewis McDonald

The Hon
Lewis McDonald
Lewis McDonald ca. 1915
Queensland Legislative Council
In office
10 October 1917 – 23 March 1922
Personal details
BornLewis Richard McDonald
(1881-12-22)22 December 1881
Lanark, Scotland
Died18 September 1936(1936-09-18) (aged 54)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PartyLabor
Spouse
Alexandra McDonald Hunter
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(m. 1911)​
OccupationTrade union secretary

Lewis Richard McDonald (22 November 1881 – 18 September 1936) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1917 until its abolition in 1922. He was appointed as the first full-time state secretary of the ALP in Queensland in 1910 and was a long-serving Queensland delegate to the Australian Labor Party Federal Executive.

References

  1. ↑ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Waterson, D. B. (1986). "Lewis McDonald (1881–1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography.