Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Country Party until 1977
Independent for two years
Member
National Party from 1979 |
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22 May 1977 |
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Upper West |
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Electorates
- MLC Upper West Province 22 May 1977–21 May 1989
Office
- National Party Whip in Legislative Council, 1983–1989
- Secretary, Parliamentary National Party
- Spokesperson for the National Party on Sport, Recreation and Youth Affairs
Committees
- Member, Standing Committee on Government Agencies, 15 October 1985–1986
- Member, Joint House Committee, 1988–1989
- Chairman, Select Committee on Sport and Recreation, 21 September 1983–20 November 1984
- Chairman, Select Committee on Burswood Management Ltd, 31 May–23 August 1988
- Member, Select Committee on Charitable Collections, 28 April 1987–26 October 1988 (deputy chair)
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McNeil, Tom, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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McNeil, Thomas, Valedictory Speech.pdf |
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1989 |
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Personal Information |
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9 June 1929 |
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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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24 March 2020 |
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Gwelup, Western Australia |
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Collected at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park |
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To WA 1969 |
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Son of Thomas McNeil, small business proprietor, and Elizabeth Margaret Fordyce |
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Married (1) 1958
Children: one son and three daughters
Divorced 1972
Married (2) 14 November 1974, Midland to Helen Maureen Woewodin (nee Carbon), daughter of Albert George Carbon and Verna Kemp
Children: one son |
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Presbyterian |
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Educated Mont Albert State School; Camberwell and Hampton High Schools, Victoria
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Salesperson and businessperson |
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Salesman and football player and coach, 1951–1961
Sales representative, Beaurepaire Tyre Co, Brisbane
Sales supervisor, Olympic Tyre Co, Townsville
Sales representative, Beaurepaire Bunbury and branch manager Dunlop in Geraldton
Insurance broker, 1974
Opened tyre business in Geraldton |
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Evacuated from Scotland to Victoria on the Polish boat, Batory in 1940, due to the war
Moved to Queensland 1961
Justice of the Peace
Secretary, Geraldton Lions Club
Played football for Hampton juniors (team won four premierships) and then St Kilda in Victorian Football League, one game in 1951 and seven games in 1952
Coached numerous football teams: East St Kilda 1953 and 1955 (won premiership in Southern Suburbs League), Alexandra 1954 and Lake Boga in Murray League in Victoria, Walla Walla near Albury 1958 in NSW, Sandgate 1960 (also secretary and played in 1957, two premierships)) in Queensland and South Bunbury 1959 (premiership) (5 times South-West district country champions), playing coach South Bunbury Reserves 1960
Coach, Rovers (Geraldton) 1961 and Geraldton country team in WA
Member, WA Turf Club, WA Trotting Association, WA Cricket Association, WA Football League
Secretary, Great Northern Football League
Founded WA Players’ Association, 1988
Chairman, Midwest Games Management Committee (3000 athletes from 19 shires in 34 sports)
Patron, several Geraldton sporting clubs
Chairman, Racecourse Development Trust from 1989
Chairman, Net and Hook Fishery
Chairman, Northern Demersal Scale Fish Managed Fishery, Broome, and WA Demersal Net and Hook Fishing
Deputy Chairman, Healthway Advisory Committee on Racing and Gaming
Chairman, South-West Trawl Managed Fishery Voluntary Fisheries Adjustment Scheme Committee of Management |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds. Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth 2010 , p. 165.
Conversation with Thomas McNeil, 2 October 2014.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=bbad8cfa-951d-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbf0 |
Bibliography |
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McNeil, Thomas, Condolence Motion LC.pdf
West Australian, 25 March 2020, p. 66. |