Robert Lachlan Macalister was the Mayor of Wellington from 1950 to 1956, and had been the acting mayor for five months in 1948 during the absence overseas of Will Appleton.
Career
He was a barrister and solicitor.
Membership
He was a member of the Wellington City Council from 1938 to 1950, and of the Wellington Harbour Board from 1942 to 1956.