Doug McKay | |
Birth Name: | Douglas Henry McKay |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1923 |
Birth Place: | North Sydney |
Death Place: | Canberra |
Office1: | Acting Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry |
Term Start1: | 1 February 1971 |
Term End1: | 19 December 1972 |
Office2: | Acting Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation |
Term Start2: | 19 December 1972 |
Term End2: | 9 January 1973 |
Office3: | Acting Secretary of the Department of Secondary Industry |
Term Start3: | 19 December 1972 |
Term End3: | 9 January 1973 |
Office4: | Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade |
Term Start4: | 19 December 1972 |
Term End4: | 20 December 1977 |
Office5: | Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry |
Term Start5: | 18 May 1978 |
Term End5: | 11 March 1980 |
Nationality: | Australian |
Occupation: | Public servant |
Spouse: | Ruth |
Parents: | Oswald McKay and Doris McKay (née Twyford) |
Children: | Robyn, Julienne and Wendy |
Alma Mater: | University of Sydney |
Douglas Henry McKay (5 September 1923 – 7 July 2012) was a senior Australian public servant.
Doug McKay was born in North Sydney on 5 September 1923, growing up around Tumbarumba then Narrandera in southern New South Wales.[1]
In 1971, McKay was appointed Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (Australia).
Between December 1972 and January 1973, McKay was Acting Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation as well as the Department of Secondary Industry. while serving as permanent head of trade department (which had since become the Department of Overseas Trade).
In 1978, he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry. Before retiring in 1980, McKay went on extended sick leave.[2]
McKay died in Canberra on 7 July 2012.
Doug McKay was made a Civil Officer of the Order of the British Empire in January 1966 for his public service.