Peter Alexander Cameron Macdonald OAM (born. 29 May 1943) is an Australian medical practitioner and politician from

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. He was formerly the

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member for the

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in the

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and Mayor of Manly Council.

Career

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Macdonald was educated in

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, the

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(MB, BS) and King's College Hospital. During this time, he was involved with the

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(MRCGP) and joined the

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, obtaining a Diploma in Anaesthetics (DA) and a Diploma in Obstetrics (DRCOG). Macdonald emigrated to Australia in 1972. He settled in Manly and worked as a

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from 1973 to 2006. He was elected to Manly Municipal Council from 1984 to 1999, becoming Deputy Mayor from 1995 to 1996. He was member for Manly from 1991 to 1999. In 2000 Macdonald founded and is the current President of Australian Doctors International, which provides non-government health care and development aid in remote and rural regions of

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. He also worked with

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in Iran in 1999, with Timor Aid in 2000 and was also Director of international community development organisation Plan International Australia from 2000 to 2003. Macdonald resumed his local political career in 2004 when he was elected as Mayor of Manly, serving until 2008. He was re-elected as a councillor at the 2008 Local Government Elections following his announcement of not running for mayor and retired at the 2012 local government elections. In the 2011

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, Macdonald was presented with the

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(OAM) "For service to local government, and to medicine."Medal of the Order of Australia
OAM, 13 June 2011, itsanhonour.gov.au
Citation: ''For service to local government, and to medicine.''.

References

Living people 1943 births Alumni of King's College London Scottish emigrants to Australia Mayors of Manly, New South Wales Politicians from Sydney Australian general practitioners Independent members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia People from Manly, New South Wales {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub