Thomas Macdonald-Paterson (9 May 1844 – 21 March 1906) was an Australia

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n politician. Born in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Scotland

Scotland

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, he was educated there privately before migrating to Australia in 1861, where he became a butcher, speculator and lawyer. In 1878 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 as the member for Rockhampton

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; he transferred to Moreton in 1883 and to the Legislative Council

Queensland Legislative Council

The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which took effect on 23 March 1922.Consequently, the...

 in 1885, remaining there until 1887. He was a delegate to the Federation Convention of 1891, and returned to the Legislative Assembly in 1896 as the member for North Brisbane

Electoral district of North Brisbane

North Brisbane was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1878 to 1888.North Brisbane was a two-member constituency, created in 1878 by a merger of Brisbane City with one member and Wickham also with one member.It was replaced/renamed by...

. In 1901 he transferred to federal politics, winning the Australian House of Representatives

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 seat of Brisbane

Division of Brisbane

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. Although there was no protectionist organisation in Queensland, he joined the Protectionist Party

Protectionist Party

The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in...

when the parliament sat. In 1903, the National Liberal Union (a protectionist organisation) endorsed another candidate in Brisbane, and the division of the protectionist vote allowed a Labor candidate to defeat Macdonald-Paterson. He died in 1906.