Fred Evan McKenzie OAM (1 December 1933 – 18 March 2008) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who served as a Labor Party member of the

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from 1977 to 1993. McKenzie was born in

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

. After leaving school, he worked as a plasterer for a period and then joined the

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, later transferring to

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. From 1970 to 1977, McKenzie was assistant state secretary of the

Australian Railways Union The Australian Railways Union (ARU) was an Australian trade union in existence from 1920 to 1993. The ARU was an industrial union, representing all types of workers employed in the rail industry, excluding locomotive enginedrivers and tradesm ...

. He entered parliament at the 1977 state election, winning election to the new

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. That seat was abolished at the 1983 election, and McKenzie transferred to

North-East Metropolitan Province The North-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the ''Constitution Ac ...

, replacing

Joe Berinson Joseph Max Berinson (7 January 1932 – 2 June 2018) was an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Australian House of Representatives and the Western Australian Legislative Council. He was Minister for t ...

. After the election, he was made

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in the Legislative Council, a position which he held until his retirement. At the

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, McKenzie was elected to the new four-member

East Metropolitan Region The East Metropolitan Region was a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council, located in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, Perth. It was c ...

. He served one more four-year term before retiring at the 1993 election.Garry Kenneth Kelly
Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2016. McKenzie was awarded the

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in 2001, for "service to the community in the Belmont area, particularly through support for aged care and charitable organisations".MCKENZIE, Fred Evan
It's An Honour. Retrieved 10 September 2016. He died in March 2008, aged 74.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McKenzie, Fred 1933 births 2008 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Australian schoolteachers Trade unionists from Perth, Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Politicians from Perth, Western Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia