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Life Summary

Name	Charles McDonald
Born	25 August, 1860 North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 November, 1925 (aged 65) Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Cultural Heritage	English Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Holder, Frederick William (work colleague) Makin, Norman John (work colleague) Watson, James Frederick (acquaintance) Barton, Edmund (political adversary) Fairbairn, George (political adversary) Salmon, Charles Carty (political adversary) Johnson, William Elliot (political adversary)
Education *	Mudgee Public School (Sydney) (student, 1867-1875)
Occupation or Descriptor *	clock and watch maker (1888-1901) Queensland, Australia trade union official (1888-1893) Queensland, Australia labour politician (1893-1901) Queensland, Australia Member of Lower House (1893-1901) Queensland, Australia labour party organiser (1898-1903) Queensland, Australia labour politician (1901-1925) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1901-1925) Federal, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Queensland, Australia
Key Events *	Maritime Strike (1890) (union leader)
Key Organisations *	Associated Workers Union (Qld) Land Nationalisation League (Qld) (secretary) Mining and Accident Association (Qld) (organiser, 1888-1893) Australian Labour Federation (Qld) (president, 1890-1892) Charters Towers Republican Association (Qld) (secretary, 1890)
Political Activism *	ALP (Qld) (politician, 1893-1925) anti-conscriptionist (politician, 1916-1917)
Workplaces *	Parliament of Queensland (Leg. Assembly - member, 1893-1901) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1901-1925) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1906-1906) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1907-1910) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Speaker, 1910-1913) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Speaker, 1914-1917)

* Dates are approximate