Researching John Mckechnie
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 25 people with the Mckechnie surname? In that year Mckechnie was ranked number 3554 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Mckechnie on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Mckechnie and the Mckechnie Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2330 people with the Mckechnie surname in the UK? Mckechnie is now ranked number 2141 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called John Mckechnie
John McKechnie
– – John Roderick McKechnie QC (born 1 November 1950) is the Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia. He is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia, and formerly served as the State's first Director of Public Prosecutions.
He attended Scotch College from 1963 until 1967, then graduated in law from the University of Western Australia in 1972. He then took articles with Jackson McDonald & Co, before joining the Crown Law Department. He became a Queens Counsel in 1989, and then in December 1991 was appointed by the Government of Western Australia as the state's first Director of Public Prosecutions. During his eight-year term in this role, the Department processed on average 2,500 prosecutions per year.
On 2 March 1999, he was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
He retired from the Supreme Court on 22 April 2015 to take up an appointment as the Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission.
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