{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Dr Michael Macklin | honorific_suffix = | image = Michael Macklin.png | caption = Former Queensland Democrat senators: Michael Macklin (left) and John Cherry | office = Leader of the Australian Democrats—Interim | deputy = Jean Jenkins—Interim | term_start = 24 March 1990 | term_end = 30 June 1990 | predecessor = Janine Haines | successor = Janet Powell | office1 = 3rd Deputy Leader of the<br>Australian Democrats | leader1 = Janine Haines | term_start1 = 18 August 1986 | term_end1 = 24 March 1990 | predecessor1 = Janine Haines | successor1 = Jean Jenkins | office2 = Senator for Queensland | term_start2 = 1 July 1981 | term_end2 = 30 June 1990 | successor2 = Cheryl Kernot | birth_name = Michael John Macklin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|2|25}} | birth_place = Cricklewood, England, UK | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Jennifer Young<br>|1970}} | party = Democrat | relations = | children = 3 | education = Marist College Ayr<br>St Patrick's College | alma_mater = University of Queensland | occupation = School teacher<br>(Redcliffe State High School)<br>(Department of Education) | profession = Academic<br>Politician | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Michael John Macklin''' (born 25 February 1943 in London)<ref name=pse>{{cite web|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1980/1980senateqld.txt|title=1980 Senate Queensland|publisher=psephos.adam-carr.net|access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref> is an Australian former Franciscan friar, educator and fundraiser who was an Australian Democrats senator for Queensland (1981–1990). He later served as executive dean of the faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New England (2002–2007).<ref name="uneae">Scanlan J ''[http://www.une.edu.au/news/archives/000675.html Colleagues pay tribute to retiring Executive Dean] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804094710/http://www.une.edu.au/news/archives/000675.html |date=4 August 2008 }}'' in UNE News and Events, 18 December 2006</ref>
==Early life== Macklin migrated as a child with his family to Australia. He grew up in Ayr in northern Queensland and finished his schooling in Sydney. Having spent a number of years as a Franciscan friar, he commenced university studies in Brisbane, became a teacher, married Jennie in December 1970,<ref name="uneae"/> and completed Master's and PhD degrees at the University of Queensland, where he lectured in Philosophy of Education for eight years.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
==Political career== Macklin was the founding member of the Australian Democrats in Queensland and led the party in that state from 1977 to 1980, when he was elected to the Senate.
He became the party's first whip and was elected deputy leader under Janine Haines following the retirement of Don Chipp.<ref>{{cite book|title=Speaking for Australia: parliamentary speeches that shaped our nation|author=Rod Kemp|year=2005|publisher=Allen & Unwin|page=247|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDyR2za2AwYC | isbn=978-1-74114-430-7}}</ref> From 24 March to 30 June 1990, he served as interim parliamentary leader after the resignation of Haines from the Senate to contest a House of Representatives seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianpolitics.com/political-parties/democrats/australian-democrats-leaders-1978-2008|title=Australian Democrats Leaders 1978-2008|publisher=australianpolitics.com|access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref> He served on eleven parliamentary committees, including those having oversight of the National Crime Authority and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.<ref>{{cite Au Senate |Sen id=macklin-michael-john |name=Macklin, Michael John |first=Rae |last=Wear |volume=4 |year=2017 |page=199-203 |access-date=2022-12-22}}</ref>
==Post-parliamentary career== Macklin undertook fundraising activities, including for the Australian Democrats. As Director of Development for the University of Queensland, he was responsible for putting fundraising on a professional basis with an annual appeal and bequest programs. He oversaw a successful capital campaign for the restoration of the Customs House, Brisbane which raised A$7.5 million in eleven months.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} In 1994, he was appointed inaugural CEO of Hall Chadwick Education Advisory, a specialist consultancy within a large chartered-accountancy practice and was responsible for establishing benchmarking of private school finances in Australia in conjunction with the peak body. In June 2002, he was appointed Professor and Dean of Arts at the University of New England for a five-year term ending in 2007.<ref name="uneae"/> He has been a member of the Queensland Land and Resources Tribunal, the National Native Claims Tribunal, and the Senate Bibliographical Committee; and has published numerous papers, academic articles and books, both fiction and non-fiction.
==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=;group=;orderBy=;page=;query=Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansards%20%28%28SpeakerId%3A2I4%29%29;querytype=;resCount=Default Michael Macklin: Senate speeches] (1980–1990) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080803214844/http://www.une.edu.au/news/archives/000614.html Michael Macklin: Occasional address] to University of New England graduands, in UNE News and Events, 10 October 2006 {{s-start}} {{succession box| before=Janine Haines| title=Leader of the Australian Democrats| years=1990| after=Janet Powell }} {{s-end}}
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