Background
Lindsay was born in Ashgrove, the grandson of Labor Senator John MacDonald, and was educated at Street Finbar"s Convent and Marist Brothers College.
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Lindsay was born in Ashgrove, the grandson of Labor Senator John MacDonald, and was educated at Street Finbar"s Convent and Marist Brothers College.
He attended the Royal Military College, Duntroon from 1955 to 1958, then entered the military, serving with the Pacific Islands Regiment from 1959 to 1963 and with the regular army in Papua New Guinea, Malaya, Borneo, and in the Vietnam War.
He was mentioned in despatches for distinguished active service in South Vietnam in 1968–1969, but was discharged with the rank of major as a result of injuries suffered in Vietnam. He taught at Marist Brothers College from 1973 until his election to parliament the following year. Lindsay was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1974 state election, winning the usually safe Labor seat of Everton amidst the Liberal-National landslide victory that year.
He was defeated by Labor candidate Glen Milliner at the 1977 election.
He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1974 until 1977, representing the electorate of Everton.