Background
Macansh was born in Stirling, Scotland in 1820 to John Macansh and his wife Ann (née White) and was educated at Edinburgh High School and Stirling Grammar.
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Career
Arriving in Australia in 1838, he worked as a clerk for the Bank of Australasia before leasing a property on the Hunter River in 1840. Around 1846 he moved to Murrumburrah and began work as a Station manager for South.K. Salting and together they established a merino stud at Bonyeo. By 1875, Macansh had moved to Queensland and bought Canning Downs on the Darling Downs and in 1880 he purchased Albilbah Station.
He used Canning Downs to breed stud dairy and beef cattle and then he obtained a lease on Brunette Downs Station in the Northern Territory.
Macansh was elected to the Glengallan Divisional Board and then was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in April 1886 which he served until his death ten years later. His liberal policies had little impact with the other Legislative Council members and none of his objectives were realised.
