William Peter MacGregor (1853 – 24 February 1899) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
His parents were Andrew MacGregor and Mary Dove, and he arrived in New South Wales around 1878, settling in Broken Hill. He ran a station near Silverton, and became involved in local mining as a shareholder and businessman. He was chairman of directors of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited at the time of the 1892 Broken Hill miners' strike.
In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Wentworth. He was re-elected in 1887, but resigned later that year.
MacGregor died of pneumonia in East Melbourne in 1899.
References
- "Obituary Mr William P Macgregor" (PDF). The Australasian Pastoralists' Review. 15 March 1899. p. 59. Retrieved 4 November 2020 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Green, Antony. "1885 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1887 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- "Mr William Peter MacGregor (1853-1899)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- "Death of Mr William Macgregor". The Kyneton Observer. 28 February 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 4 November 2020 – via Trove.
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| Preceded byEdward Quin | Member for Wentworth 1885–1887 Served alongside: Edward Quin/Joseph Abbott |
Succeeded byThomas Browne |