Preceded by Len Hamilton Succeeded by John Hallett | Nationality Australian Name Neil McNeill | |
Born 19 June 1921
Yarloop, Western Australia ( 1921-06-19 ) Died 8 February 2009(2009-02-08) (aged 87)
Cottesloe, Western Australia Political party Liberal Party of Australia Alma mater University of Western Australia | ||
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.