Myles McRae (1845 – 13 April 1926) was an Australian politician. He was born at Dunmore on the

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to farmer Alexander McRae and Mary McInnes. He was a businessman in Morpeth, and later a land speculator in

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. In 1871 he married Clara Charlotte Taylor, with whom he had four children. In 1889 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Morpeth, but he did not contest the 1891 election. McRae died at

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in 1926.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McRae, Myles 1845 births 1926 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians