Andrew Macnish

Andrew Geoffrey Macnish (born 11 September 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles and Geelong in the VFL/AFL.

Andrew Macnish
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Geoffrey Macnish
Date of birth	(1965-09-11) 11 September 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Wembley Downs
Debut	Round 1, 1987, West Coast vs. Richmond, at Subiaco Oval
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s)	forward flank
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985–1996	Subiaco	195 (345)^[1]
1987–1989	West Coast	020 0(29)
1992	Geelong	003 00(7)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992.
Career highlights
All-Australian team 1986 Subiaco premiership side 1986 Subiaco club champion 1991 State of Origin representative for Western Australia
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football career

Macnish was a Western Australian and his early football was played with Subiaco. He represented WA in the 1986 State of Origin Carnival.^[2]

Macnis was then recruited by West Coast for their inaugural season in 1987.^[3] He played for West Coast in the 1987 and 1989 seasons, scoring a total of 29 goals in 20 games.^[4][5]

He finished his AFL career in Victoria with Geelong in the second half of 1992, scoring seven goals in three games.^[6] He returned to WA and complete his career with Subiaco Football Club.

Professional career

Macnish gained a civil engineering degree and graduated with his master's degree in Business Administration in March 1991.

Following his football career, Macnish was CEO at the Shire of Bridgetown from 1998 to 2003.^[7]

Macnish was then CEO at Shire of Busselton, from 2003 to 2010 where he resigned at the request of the Council.^[8]

In 2014 he resigned after only six weeks as the General Manager of George Town Council after the Council voted against his permanent employment, following a television interview where Macnish spoke of future plans for shire amalgamation and criticism of the Local Government Act.^[9]

In 2016 attempts to negotiate on a draft employment offer for the Chief Executive Officer position at Town of Mosman Park led to the offer being withdrawn.^[10] In 2017 Macnish took legal action in the Supreme Court against the Town of Mosman Park regarding the withdrawn offer.^[11]

In October 2023 he was elected to the City of Busselton.^[12] At his first Council meeting, alongside his campaign team mates Deputy Mayor Anne Ryan and Cr Cherise Woodhams, he choose not to nominate for any committee other than the Audit and Risk Committee believing it would provide them with greater control and power over the city finances, and that they could force this appointment through the Local Government Act which give all councillors the right to be appointed to at least one committee.^[13][14][15] This strategy was unsuccessful as the existing terms of references of the Behaviour and Complaints Committee automatically appoints all councillors to the committee. Macnish subsequently made accusations of bullying against his colleagues, and Macnish and Ryan voted against the adoption motion, with Macnish appointed to only four of the twenty four different council committees and working groups, leaving other Councillors with the bulk of the work.^[15]

References

1. "Premiership Players 1931 - 2009". West Australian Football Commission.
2. "The greatest State of Origin game ever, WA v Victoria '86". The Roar. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
3. Connolly, Rohan (7 January 2016). "West Coast's five best home and away wins". The Age. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
4. "Every Player". westcoasteagles.com.au. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
5. "Round 21 reflections: part one". westcoasteagles.com.au. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
6. "Geelong - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
7. "Andrew Macnish Mosman Park Council". Community News. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
8. "Busselton Shire CEO quits". ABC News. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
9. "George Town Council turmoil as general manager and mayor quit". The Mecury. 18 October 2014.
10. "Ex-Eagle in clash over Mosman council job". The West Australian. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
11. "Macnish says job backtrack makes him look 'greedy'". The West Australian. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
12. West Australian Electoral Commission. "2023 Ordinary Election Busselton".
13. "Who is in the running to be a City of Busselton councillor?". Busselton-Dunsborough Times. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
14. "WALW - Local Government Act 1995 - Home Page". www.legislation.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
15. "Andrew Macnish passes on behaviour committee". Busselton-Dunsborough Times. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.