John McCall (Australian politician)
Sir John McCall, MD., LLD., was an Australian politician.History
Born in Devonport, Tasmania the son of John Hair McCall, MLC, he studied for his Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Glasgow, returning to Tasmania in 1881. In 1888 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Protectionist member for West Devon. He served until 1893, and then again from 1901 to 1909. He then took up the post of Tasmania's agent-general in London, where he served with distinction and died ten years later.Family
Sir John was married twice; to Mary Chickie, whom he married in Glasgow, and with whom he had a son and a daughter:
On 20 November 1900 he married Claire Pearson Reynolds, with whom he had two sons: G. Donald McCall of Mont Albert, Victoria and Rev. T. Bruce McCall home secretary of the Australian Board of Missions.
