Mac Abbott

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Mac Abbott

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| image = Macartney Abbott.jpg

| title = Senator for New South Wales

| term_start = 1 July 1935

| term_end = 30 June 1941

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1877|7|3}}

| birth_place = Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1960|12|30|1877|7|3}}

| death_place = Scone, New South Wales, Australia

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| party = Australian Country Party

| relations = Joe Abbott (half brother)
Aubrey Abbott (cousin)

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| occupation = Farmer, grazier

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Macartney "Mac" Abbott (3 July 1877 – 30 December 1960) was an Australian politician. Born in Murrurundi, New South Wales, he was educated at King's School, Parramatta. He became a farmer and grazier in the Upper Hunter area of New South Wales. He was the half brother of Joe Abbott, Member of the Australian House of Representatives (MP) for New England 1940–1949, and the cousin of Aubrey Abbott, MP for Gwydir 1925–1929 and 1931–1937. In 1913 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Upper Hunter, first as a Liberal and then from 1916 as a Nationalist. In 1918 he left the Assembly.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=1311 |name=Mr Macartney Abbott (1877-1960) |former=Yes |access-date=26 April 2019}} In 1934 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for New South Wales. He was defeated in 1940. Abbott died in 1960.{{cite Au Senate |Sen id=index.php/abbott-macartney |name=Abbott, Macartney (1877–1960) |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=26 April 2019}}{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |access-date=2008-11-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006075129/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |archivedate=6 October 2008 }}