Sir Kenneth Malcolm MCCAW (1907 - 1989)**
- Date of Birth: 08/10/1907
- Place of Birth: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
- Date of Death: 13/09/1989
- Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 3 May 1947 | 3 Jan 1975 | 27yr(s) 8mth(s) 1day(s)
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| Member for Lane Cove | 3 May 1947 | 22 May 1950 | 3yr(s) 20day(s)
35th (1947 - 1950) |  |
| Member for Lane Cove | 17 Jun 1950 | 14 Jan 1953 | 2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)
36th (1950 - 1953) | |
| Member for Lane Cove | 14 Feb 1953 | 6 Feb 1956 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)
37th (1953 - 1956) | |
| Member for Lane Cove | 3 Mar 1956 | 16 Feb 1959 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s)
38th (1956 - 1959) | |
| Member for Lane Cove | 21 Mar 1959 | 5 Feb 1962 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)
39th (1950 - 1953) | |
| Member for Lane Cove | 9 Feb 1962 | 31 Mar 1965 | 3yr(s) 1mth(s) 23day(s)
40th (1962 - 1965) | |
| Member for Lane Cove | 1 May 1965 | 23 Jan 1968 | 2yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)
41st (1965 - 1968) | |
| Member for Lane Cove | 24 Feb 1968 | 13 Jan 1971 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 21day(s)
42nd (1968 - 1971) | |
| Member for Lane Cove | 13 Feb 1971 | 19 Oct 1973 | 2yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s)
43rd (1971 - 1973) | |
| Member for Lane Cove | 17 Nov 1973 | 3 Jan 1975 | 1yr(s) 1mth(s) 18day(s)
44th (1973 - 1976) | |
| Attorney General | 13 May 1965 | 3 Jan 1975 | 9yr(s) 7mth(s) 22day(s)
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| Acting Minister of Justice | 13 Jun 1972 | 20 Jul 1972 | 1mth(s) 8day(s)
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Political Party Activity
Liberal Party. Member of Lane Cove branch, state executive in 1945, 1960 until 1963, councillor.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (Solicitor). Educated in country schools; became a farm hand, sawmill employee and teacher; moved to Sydney in 1922, became a clerk in a commercial firm and then a law office; matriculated by night study at the Metropolitan Coaching College in 1927; admitted as a solicitor in 1933, with firm McCaw, Morey and Company from 1935 until 1940, McCaw, Morey and Johnson from 1940 until 1951, McCaw, Johnson and Company from 1951 until 1957, McCaw Pty Limited, Pacific Acceptance Corporation Limited in 1964; councillor of Law Society of New South Wales from 1945 until 1948; governor of New South Wales College of Law; president of Lane Cove District Boy Scouts' Association; president of Lane Cove Legion of ex-serviceman and Womens Association; vice president and honorary solicitor of Royal Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, life member of Royal New South Wales Blind Society; vice president of Food for Babies and Good Samaritan Organisation; member of Royal Commonwealth Society; co-patron of Grow; author of People versus Power in 1977; Lions Club; Freemason
Honours Received
Knighted in 1975. Queens Counsel (QC) in 1972.
Personal
Son of Mark McCaw, teamster, and Jessie Hempton. Married (1) Thea Easterbrook on 16 December 1933 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Married (2) Valma Marjorie Cherlin on 13 July 1968. Methodist.
Additional Information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Sir Kenneth McCaw family - papers, 1947 - 1974 (MLMSS 3078); photographs in the PICMAN Database.
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