Victor Macky
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| birth_name = John Victor Macky
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|09|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|09|15|1887|09|03|df=yes}}
| ru_position = Wing
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| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
| repyears1 = 1913
| repcaps1 = 1
| reppoints1 = 0
| ru_province1 = Auckland
| ru_provinceyears1 = 1911–14
| ru_provinceapps1 = 17
| ru_provincepoints1 = 73
| occupation = Public accountant
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| school = Auckland Grammar School
| university = Auckland University College{{cite web |url=http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=827 |title=Roll of honour |date= |website= |publisher=University of Auckland |accessdate=3 September 2015}}
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John Victor Macky (3 September 1887 – 15 September 1951) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
Biography
A wing three-quarter, Macky represented Auckland at a provincial level. He played one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks: a test in 1913 against the touring Australian side at Carisbrook in Dunedin.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=522 |title = Victor Macky | last = Neazor | first = Paul | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 3 September 2015}}
Macky served in France with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during World War I, having enlisted December 1916. In January 1919 he was commissioned second lieutenant, temporary captain, as an instructor in the NZEF education scheme. He returned to New Zealand and was discharged in late 1919.{{cite web |url=http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20675514 |title=Macky, John Victor - WW1 46239 - Army |date= |website= |publisher=Archives New Zealand |accessdate=3 September 2015}}
His grandfather, Reverend John Macky, was the first moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly of New Zealand.{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19150831.2.73 | title=Obituary: Mr. J. J. Macky | date=31 August 1915 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=3 September 2015 | page=9}} In 1920 Macky married Edna Graham Allan in Dunedin.{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19200828.2.105 | title=Marriages | date=28 August 1920 | work=Auckland Star | accessdate=3 September 2015 | page=16}}
Macky was active in civic affairs in Auckland. He served as a member of the Auckland Hospital Board, and chaired that body's finance committee. He also served as vice-chairman of the Auckland Grammar Schools Board, vice-president of the Auckland YMCA, and chairman of the Auckland Vocational Guidance Advisory Council.{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19440311.2.81 | title=Mayoral election: Mr. Macky to stand | date=11 March 1944 | work=Auckland Star | accessdate=3 September 2015 | page=6}} In 1944, Macky stood as an independent candidate for the mayoralty of Auckland City. He polled well but finished third, behind the incumbent, John Allum, and Labour MP Bill Anderton.{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19440529.2.16.6 | title=A second term | date=29 May 1944 | work=Auckland Star | accessdate=2 September 2015 | page=3}} His wife Edna had stood unsuccessfully for the city council in 1929.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290507.2.168.3 |title=Electoral |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |date=7 May 1929 |volume=LXVI |issue=20248 |access-date=26 August 2017 |page=20 }}
Macky died in Auckland on 15 September 1951, and was buried near his grandfather in the churchyard of St Johns Presbyterian Church in Papatoetoe.{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5544&indiv=try&db=newzealandcemetery&h=365252 |title=New Zealand, cemetery records |year=2014 |website= |publisher=Ancestry.com Operations |accessdate=3 September 2015 |url-access=subscription }}
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Category:Rugby union players from Auckland
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Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:New Zealand international rugby union players
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Category:New Zealand accountants
Category:New Zealand military personnel of World War I
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Category:Members of district health boards in New Zealand
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