Kennedy Macdonald

Who was Kennedy Macdonald?

Thomas Kennedy Macdonald, known as Kennedy Macdonald or Kennedy Mac, was a 19th-century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand.

Macdonald was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France. He came to Wellington from Australia in July 1871.

He married Frances Rossiter on 15 November 1870 in Melbourne. They lost three son within one month in 1876 during a scarlet fever epidemic.

He represented the City of Wellington electorate from 1890 to 1891, when he resigned. He contested the three-member City of Wellington electorate in the 1899 election, when he came fourth.

He was a founding member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in 1882. Almost 100 years later, Inverlochy House, his former residence, was given to the academy.

He was appointed to the Legislative Council from 1903 to 1911. The Macdonald family is buried at Bolton Street Memorial Park, and their grave is part of the memorial trail.