Phil McNeely
| Phil McNeely | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 2003–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Coburn |
| Succeeded by | Marie-France Lalonde |
| Constituency | Ottawa—Orléans |
| Ottawa City Councillor for Cumberland Ward | |
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In office 2000–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Robert van den Ham |
| Succeeded by | Rob Jellett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 (age 78–79) Cumberland, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Occupation | Business owner, engineer |
Philip McNeely is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Ottawa—Orléans for the Ontario Liberal Party.
McNeely was born in Cumberland, Ontario and is bilingual. He was educated at Lisgar Collegiate and McGill University, earning a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the latter. He later earned the equivalent of a Master's Degree in engineering from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London. Before entering politics, he was the CEO of McNeely Engineering, a firm which operated in the Ottawa region. He sold this firm in 1997, claiming it had suffered under provincial cutbacks to infrastructure spending.
In 2000, McNeely was elected as a municipal councillor for the Cumberland Ward of the amalgamated City of Ottawa, defeating incumbent Robert van den Ham. In 2002, he played a key role in the hugely successful Hay West project, in which hay from eastern Canada was shipped to the drought-stricken west. He was also active in opposing the creation of a hog farm in the village of Sarsfield part of the Cumberland Ward of Ottawa.
In the provincial election of 2003, he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Brian Coburn in Ottawa—Orleans by about 4500 votes. He was named a government whip on October 23, 2003.
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