Former Alexandra Councillor and Whittlesea MLA Max McDonald was remembered last week in State Parliament.

Speaker Colin Brooks said: “Before proceeding to question time I wish to advise the house of the death of Maxwell John McDonald, member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Evelyn from 1982 to 1985 and Whittlesea from 1985 to 1992.

“I ask members to rise in their places as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased. [Members stood in their places.] I will send a message of sympathy from the house to the relatives of the late Max McDonald.”