C. Gordon Mackie

Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie was a Scottish businessman in Hong Kong and member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of Hong Kong.

Biography

C. Gordon Mackie was associated with China and Hong Kong and head of many public utilities companies.[1] He was the head of the two big local firms, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., the shipping company and managing director of the Gibb, Livingston & Co., agent for the public utility company Hong Kong Electric Company.[2] He had also been chairman and deputy chairman of the board of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.[3][4]

Mackie was made Justice of the Peace and was elected to the Legislative Council as representative of the Justices of the Peace during the absence of Henry Pollock in May and October 1928.[5][6][2] In 1931, he was nominated to replace J. Owen Hughes as the representative of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce for a four-year-term from 17 May.[7][2] He served on the Legislative Council for six years until he retired and returned to Britain in April 1935.[8] Tribute was paid by Governor William Peel upon his leave.[1]

He was appointed to the Executive Council on several occasions, in June 1930 and in April 1933 during W. E. L. Shenton's absence,[9][10]April 1931 in the place of J. Owen Hughes during Henry Pollock's on leave,[11] and again in May 1934 for Henry Pollock.[12]

Among others he was also the member of the Authorized Architects' Committee[13] and Harbour Advisory Committee.[14]

He was the chairman of the Stewards of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.[8] On his trip to Macao for the Spring Race Meeting of the Macau Jockey Club in March 1932, the ship he toke, Venezia, crashed with Sui Tai which was on its way to Hong Kong near Lantau Island. Mackie and his wife were the survivors in the collision.[15]

His daughter Jean Mackie was a keen lady flier and was the first lady and also first member of the Hong Kong Flying Club to receive a "A" flying certificate in June 1934.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hon. Mr. C.G.S. Mackie". Hong Kong Daily Press. 29 March 1935. p. 7.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mr. C. G. S. Mackie". Hong Kong Daily Press. 5 May 1931. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Advertisements". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 6 April 1934. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Advertisements". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 18 July 1930. p. 18.
  5. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (265). 8 May 1928.
  6. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (546). 2 October 1928.
  7. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (298). 15 May 1931.
  8. 1 2 "Glad to be Back Again". The China Mail. 2 February 1936. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (339). 6 June 1930.
  10. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (253). 12 April 1933.
  11. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (261). 29 April 1931.
  12. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (373). 10 May 1934.
  13. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (403). 3 July 1931.
  14. ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (148). 4 March 1933.
  15. ↑ "Passengers Ship Collide". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 30 March 1932. p. 4.
  16. ↑ "Miss Jean Mackie". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 21 June 1934. p. 6.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Henry Edward Pollock		 Unofficial Member
Representative for Justices of the Peace
1928 		Succeeded by
Henry Edward Pollock
Preceded by
Henry Edward Pollock		 Unofficial Member
Representative for Justices of the Peace
1930–1931 		Succeeded by
Henry Edward Pollock
Preceded by
John Owen Hughes		 Unofficial Member
Representative for Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
1931–1935 		Succeeded by
William Henry Bell
Sporting positions
Preceded by
H. P. White		 Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club
1929–1935 		Succeeded by
Marcus Theodore Johnson
Political offices
Preceded by
William Edward Leonard Shenton		 Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
1930 		Succeeded by
William Edward Leonard Shenton
Preceded by
John Owen Hughes		 Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
1931 		Succeeded by
John Owen Hughes
Preceded by
William Edward Leonard Shenton		 Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
1933 		Succeeded by
William Edward Leonard Shenton
Preceded by
Henry Edward Pollock		 Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
1934 		Succeeded by
Henry Edward Pollock
Business positions
Preceded by
J. A. Plummer		 Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1931–1932 		Succeeded by
John Johnstone Paterson
Preceded by
Thomas Ernest Pearce		 Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1934–1935 		Succeeded by
Stanley Hudson Dodwell
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