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Neil McNeill

Neil McNeill
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Canning
In office
9 December 1961 – 30 November 1963
Preceded by Len Hamilton
Succeeded by John Hallett
Personal details
Born (1921-06-19)19 June 1921
Yarloop, Western Australia
Died 8 February 2009(2009-02-08) (aged 87)
Cottesloe, Western Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Alma mater University of Western Australia
Occupation Public servant, farmer

Neil McNeill (19 June 1921 – 8 February 2009) was an Australian politician. Born in Yarloop, Western Australia, he was educated at Scotch College, Perth, and the University of Western Australia, after which he became a farmer. He served in the military in 1945, and returned to become a district officer with the Western Australian Department of Agriculture. In 1961, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Canning. He held the seat until his defeat by a Country Party candidate in 1963. In 1965 he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for Lower West, where he remained until 1983, when he retired.

He died aged 87, on 8 February 2009, at Bethesda Hospital near his home in Cottesloe, and was buried on 12 February 2009 at Drakesbrook Cemetery, Waroona.



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