1. McKenzie Grant owned or leased large quantities of land in Western Australia, especially in the North-West, and served in the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1880 to 1887 and again from 1889 to 1893.
10 Facts About McKenzie Grant
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McKenzie Grant arrived in Australia in 1852, during the Victorian gold rush, and initially worked on the goldfields at Bendigo.
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McKenzie Grant then went to Queensland for a period before returning to Victoria and settling in Portland.
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In 1864, Grant was involved in the formation of the Portland Squatting Company, along with brothers Alexander and John Richardson and several others.
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McKenzie Grant remained in the Pilbara when the company was dissolved a few years later, and went into partnership with Charles Harper on the De Grey River.
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McKenzie Grant bought land in the nearby town of Roebourne.
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In March 1880, McKenzie Grant was elected to the Legislative Council's Northern District, serving until April 1887.
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The Legislative Council was reconstituted in 1890 as the upper house of a new bicameral parliament, and McKenzie Grant continued to serve as a nominee of the governor, William Robinson.
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McKenzie Grant resigned his seat in July 1893, after falling ill, and died in Perth in September 1897.
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McKenzie Grant had married Jane Hunter Eagar in 1875, with whom he had six sons and a daughter.