Peter Alexander Cameron Macdonald OAM

Order of Australia

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 (born. 29 May 1943) is an Australian medical practitioner and politician from Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Scotland

Scotland

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 . He was formerly the independent member for the Electoral district of Manly

Electoral district of Manly

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 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 and Mayor of Manly Council

Manly Council

Manly Council is a Local Government Area on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.- Demographics :According to the , there:...

, and is currently serving as a Councillor.

Career

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Macdonald was educated in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, the University of London

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 (MB,BS) and Kings College Hospital. During this time he was involved with the Royal College of General Practitioners

Royal College of General Practitioners

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 (MRCGP). He joined the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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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 worker as a general Practitioner

General practitioner

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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 the 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 Papua New Guinea

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.
He also worked with Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières

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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 Local Government Elections following his announcement of not running for mayor. In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours

Queen's Birthday Honours

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, Macdonald was presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "For service to local government, and to medicine."