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Donald "Sandy" McTaggart

President Pastoralists' and Graziers' Association of Western Australia

ADDRESS: Mt Narryer Station
Via MULLEWA 6630.
MARITAL STATUS: Married, 3 Children.

EDUCATION: 1954 – 1963 – Guildford Grammer School.
1963 matriculated – Commonwealth Scholarship.
1965 – Studied Commerce at UWA.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE: 1964 – Jackaroo – Haddon Rig.
1966 – 1974 – Overseer/Manager - Bidgemia Station.
1975 – 1977 – Manager – Moonaree/Oakden Hills Station, South Australia.
1977 – 1980 – Set up & worked McTaggart & Campbell Fibreglass.
1971 – 1988 – Director, Nonning Pastoral Co.
1980 – Present – Mt Narryer Station.


INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: 1983 – 1984 – Secretary – PGA Murchison District Committee.
1985 – 1993 – Chairman – PGA Murchison District Committee.
1991-Chairman/Convenor - PGA Pastoral Conference
1990-2000 - Member - PGA Executive Committee
1994-1995 - Vice Chairman- PGA Pastoral Committee
2000-2004 - Vice Chairman - PGA Executive Committee
2004-Current - PGA President

PUBLIC SERVICE: 1974 – Present – Justice of the Peace.
1974 – Shire Councillor – Upper Gascoyne.
1984 – 1987 – Shire Councillor – Murchison.
1982 – Current – RAC Member – Carnarvon.
1972 – 1974 – Member – Upper Gascoyne Vermin Board.
1987 – Current – Member – Murchison LCDC.

OTHER INFORMATION: 1969 – 1974 – Secretary – Junction Race Club.
1965 – Freshman Representative – Economics &Commerce Society – UWA.
1986 – 1987 – Chairman – Murchison Sports Club.
1985 – 1988 & 1994 –1995 – Captain/Coach Murchison Polocrosse Club.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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