Michael MacKellar
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Michael Mackellar is an Australian politician and was the Liberal Member for Warringah from 1969 until 1994.
Before entering Parliament, Mackellar was an agricultural scientist. He was first elected in 1969, taking over from the controversial Edward St John. In December of 1975, Mackellar was first appointed to the front bench as the Minister responsible for then-Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser's new Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, a position he held until 1979, when he became Minister for Health and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister. In Opposition, Mackellar acted as Shadow Minister for Science.
Mackellar attracted some controversy — and not a few plaudits — over his handling of an incident involving the improper importation of a colour television set. In 1982, a ministerial staffer submitted an incorrect customs declaration form when arranging for the set to be imported. When this was discovered, a fellow Minister, John Moore, attempted a cover up. Moore and Mackellar both accepted responsibility and resigned as Ministers.
Mackellar resigned from Parliament on 1994-02-18, causing a by-election that was subsequently won by Tony Abbott.
In 1998 he became Chairman of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA). He has also acted as Chief Operations Officer of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Chief Executive Officer of the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association.
He is married, with three children.
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- Chronology of Events relating to the Membership of the 37th Parliament
- Australian Electoral Commission: Warringah (NSW) By-election (26 March 1994)
- australianpolitics.com: Ministerial Resignations since 1901
- Papers on Parliament No. 28 - November 1996 - Poets, Presidents, People and Parliament Republicanism and other issues - Chapter 6 - The Minister and His Private Office
- ABC electoral profile for Warringah
- ANZFA Annual Report, 1999-2000 (PDF)
- Department of Health and Ageing press release: New chairman for Australia New Zealand Food Authority
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