Rendle McNeilage "Mac" Holten CMG was an Australian politician and sportsman.
12 Facts About Mac Holten
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Mac Holten was a member of the Country Party and represented the Division of Indi in the House of Representatives from 1958 to 1977.
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Mac Holten served as Minister for Repatriation from 1969 to 1972 in the Gorton and McMahon governments.
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Mac Holten left school at 16 to sell life insurance, but with the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1940 as a flying instructor and test pilot.
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Mac Holten retired in 1946 with the rank of Flight Lieutenant and became a grocer.
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Mac Holten kicked 83 goals in 82 games for Collingwood Football Club, where he played in three losing Preliminary Finals and was Vice-Captain of the Melbourne Cricket Club at one time.
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Mac Holten played 54 first eleven matches for the Melbourne Cricket Club in the Melbourne District Cricket Association between 1943 and 1949 and continued playing cricket in Wangaratta, representing the Victorian Country Cricket League against England.
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Mac Holten was elected as the Country Party member for Indi in the Australian House of Representatives from the 1958 election until his defeat by the Liberal candidate at the 1977 election.
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Mac Holten was the Minister for Repatriation from November 1969 to the McMahon government's defeat at the 1972 election.
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Mac Holten was the Administrator of Christmas Island from 1980 to 1982.
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Mac Holten was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his parliamentary and community service in 1980.
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Mac Holten was survived by his wife, Shirley, and three daughters.