Dugald McDougall | |
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2nd Mayor of Hawthorn | |
In office 1862–1863 | |
Preceded by | Michael O'Grady |
Succeeded by | William Henry Pettett |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 June 1834 Derry,Ireland |
Died | 19 January 1885 50) Hawthorn,Victoria,Australia | (aged
Dugald McDougall (7 June 1834 - 19 January 1885) [1] was an Irish-born Australian politician who served as the second Hawthorn Municipality Chairman a position which evolved into the Mayor of Hawthorn.
McDougall was born in Derry,Ireland,in 1834. He settled in the Colony of Victoria in Australia in 1852 [2] and joined a business firm in which he became a partner in 1860 and in 1873 he became senior partner with the firm becoming well-known under the name Sands and McDougall largely due to his business acumen. [3]
In 1860 McDougall settled in Hawthorn where he constructed the property Summerlee in approximately 1865 and became a leading member of the local Presbyterian Church. [4] In June 1860 he was elected as one of seven inaugural members of the Hawthorn Municipal Council when the body was established, [5] and he served on the Council until 1867 serving as the Council Chairman from 1862 to 1863. [4]
In 1885 McDougall suffered a lengthy illness [2] before dying at his residence in Hawthorn. [3]
McDougall married Mary Allott Chisholm of Melbourne. One of their children was Dugald Gordon McDougall (1867-1944) who became a professor of law at the University of Sydney. [6]
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