Henry Arthur McKechnie (14 March 1915 – 2 January 1984) was a wheat grower, and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
[1] McKechnie was born in Barraba, New South Wales, to parents William John McKechnie, and his wife Eileen Ester (née Brett) and educated at Barraba Public and Armidale high schools.
In the 1930s he was a Shearer and Ringbarker, and from 1942 until the end of World War Two he served in the 8th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD).
[1] The Glenlyon Dam and the CWA students hostel are both monuments to his hard work for the electorate.
[3] During his younger days he played Rugby league for Goondiwindi and in later life was a trustee of several golf and bowling clubs.