Doug McKay (public servant)
{{Short description|Australian public servant (1923–2012)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Doug McKay
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}}
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| birth_name = Douglas Henry McKay
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|9|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = North Sydney
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|7|7|1923|9|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = Canberra
| office1 = Acting Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry
| term_start1 = 1 February 1971
| term_end1 = 19 December 1972
| office2 = Acting Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation
| term_start2 = 19 December 1972
| term_end2 = 9 January 1973
| office3 = Acting Secretary of the Department of Secondary Industry
| term_start3 = 19 December 1972
| term_end3 = 9 January 1973
| office4 = Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade
| term_start4 = 19 December 1972
| term_end4 = 20 December 1977
| office5 = Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry
| term_start5 = 18 May 1978
| term_end5 = 11 March 1980
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Public servant
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| spouse = Ruth
| parents = Oswald McKay and Doris McKay (née Twyford)
| children = Robyn, Julienne and Wendy
| alma_mater = University of Sydney
}}
Douglas Henry McKay {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} (5 September 1923 – 7 July 2012) was a senior Australian public servant.
Life and career
Doug McKay was born in North Sydney on 5 September 1923, growing up around Tumbarumba then Narrandera in southern New South Wales.{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Wood|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/obituaries/trade-negotiator-forged-global-path-20120917-262bz.html|title=Trade negotiator forged global path|date=18 September 2012|publisher=Fairfax Media|newspaper=The Brisbane Times|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227015559/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/obituaries/trade-negotiator-forged-global-path-20120917-262bz.html|archivedate=27 February 2014}}
In 1971, McKay was appointed Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (Australia).
Between December 1972 and January 1973, McKay was Acting Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation{{citation|title=CA 1491: Department of Tourism and Recreation, Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+1491|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=27 February 2014|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713132646/https://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/DumpSession.asp?C=Initialise.inc&S=Open%20P_RECORDSEARCH_SERVICE%20SQLSERVER_ODBC&E=%5BMicrosoft%5D%5BODBC+Driver+17+for+SQL+Server%5D%5BSQL+Server%5DIncorrect+syntax+near+%27207.241%27.|url-status=dead}} as well as the Department of Secondary Industry.{{citation|title=CA 1487: Department of Secondary Industry, Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+1487|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=27 February 2014}} while serving as permanent head of trade department (which had since become the Department of Overseas Trade).{{citation|title=CA 1485: Department of Overseas Trade, Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+1485|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=27 February 2014}}
In 1978, he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry.{{citation|title=CA 1960: Department of Primary Industry [II], Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+1960|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131227123557/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+1960|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2013|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=27 February 2014}} Before retiring in 1980, McKay went on extended sick leave.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110580606|title=McKay on sick leave|first=Jan|last=Hodgkinson|date=6 March 1980|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=13}}
McKay died in Canberra on 7 July 2012.{{citation|url=http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=158454456|archivedate=2 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202013232/http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=158454456|title=Douglas McKay Notice|publisher=Fairfax Media}}
Awards
Doug McKay was made a Civil Officer of the Order of the British Empire in January 1966 for his public service.{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1108598|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227073347/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1108598&search_type=quick&showInd=true|archivedate=27 February 2014|title=Search Australian Honours: MCKAY, Douglas Henry|publisher=Australian Government}}
Notes
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References and further reading
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- {{citation|url=http://www.aares.org.au/CMDownload.aspx?ContentKey=807e0772-b0bc-48a9-8613-9dbc607b404c&ContentItemKey=daee9022-53e5-45b4-8ee7-9ae16db39df3|title=DOUGLAS HENRY McKAY, CBE, 1923-2012|publisher=Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society|accessdate=28 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202013335/http://www.aares.org.au/CMDownload.aspx?ContentKey=807e0772-b0bc-48a9-8613-9dbc607b404c&ContentItemKey=daee9022-53e5-45b4-8ee7-9ae16db39df3|archivedate=2 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}
- {{citation|publisher=Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society|url=http://www.aares.org.au/AARES/About_Us/Member_Obituaries/McKay__Doug.aspx|archivedate=27 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227020132/http://www.aares.org.au/AARES/About_Us/Member_Obituaries/McKay__Doug.aspx|title=DOUGLAS HENRY McKAY, CBE, 1923-2012}}
- {{citation|title=Politics in the Blood: The Anthonys of Richmond|first=Paul|last=Davey|page=196|isbn=978-1-921410-23-9|publisher=University of New South Wales|year=2008}}
- {{cite press release|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=4603|archivedate=27 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227015224/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=4603|title=Senior Public Service Appointments|date=20 December 1977|first=Malcolm|last=Fraser|author-link=Malcolm Fraser}}
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Category:Australian public servants
Category:Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:University of Sydney alumni
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