Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Liberal
Joined party circa 1949
Between 1961–1974 was variously member of State Council
State Policy Committee
Federal Council and Federal Rural Committee 1969–1973
Member
State Campaign Committee
1974–1977 |
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22 May 1965 |
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Lower West |
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State
Electorates
- MLC Lower West Province 22 May 1965–21 May 1983
Office
- Minister for Justice, Chief Secretary (from 5 June 1975)
- Leader of the Government in Legislative Council 8 April 1974–10 March 1977
Committees
- Chairman Joint Select Committee on Offices of Profit and Members’ Contracts with the Crown 21 October 1980–3 November 1982
Royal Commissions
- Member, Hon Royal Commission On Dairy Products and Market Milk 21 October 1981–1982
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at General Conference, Ottawa 1977
- Hon life member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Delegations
- Deputy leader, Australian delegation, 5th United Nations Crime Congress, Geneva, 1975
- State Parliamentary delegate, United States–Australian State Legislators Symposium, Hobart, 1980
- Member, WA delegation Constitutional Conventions Hobart and Perth
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Member of the House of Representatives (MHR) Canning, 9 December 1961–30 November 1963
- Contested Canning 30 November 1963
Committees
- Member, Joint Printing Committee
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Personal Information |
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19 June 1921 |
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Yarloop, Western Australia |
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8 February 2009 |
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Bethesda Hospital, Claremont, Western Australia |
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Drakesbrook Cemetery, Waroona, Western Australia |
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Son of Hugh McNeill, hotelier and farmer, and Kathleen Mary O’Driscoll |
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Married 9 February 1946, St John’s Church, Perth, WA to Ronda Emilie Kelm, daughter of Frank Frederick and Ethel Alma Jaensch
Children: four daughters |
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Presbyterian |
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Educated Pithara (1927–1930); Waroona Primary Schools (1930–1934) and Scotch College (1934–1939)
University of Western Australia (1940–1942, 1946–1947)—Bachelor of Science (Agriculture)
Nuffield Foundation Farming Scholar to United Kingdom 1951
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Farmer |
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Enlisted Army 1941, Western Command Signals, released to continue at university
Enlisted Royal Australian Navy Reserve 9 July 1941
Sub-Lieutenant, Naval Liaison Officer and Beachmaster, Norther Territory Amphibious, training units for invasion of Pacific Islands
Served in mine sweepers at sea including 3–8 July 1943, 12 February 1944–2 March 1944
On HMAS Coolebar, 12 July 1944–18 March 1945
Off east coast of Australia and out of Darwin
Discharged 21 March 1945 to continue university studies
Agricultural adviser, Department of Agriculture, 1947–1948
Leased family farming property, Hamel farm, Waroona, 1948
Purchased farm, 1951
Sold portion of farm, 1957 and continued to farm remainder of the property, Djarryl Farm
District Officer, Department of Agriculture 1957–1958
Senior Extension Officer, Junior Farmers’ Movement, 1958–1961
Continued until 1983 at Djarryl Farm
Purchased small farm at Serpentine
Retired from farming in 2000 |
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Member, Drakesbrook Road Board (later Waroona Shire Council) 8 September 1956–May 1962
Chairman, 1960–1961 |
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Member, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
Member, Farmers’ Union 1948–1966, Waroona branch president 1952–1959, former member Pastoralists’ and Graziers Association, patron Waroona Agricultural Society
Member, policy committee Artificial Breeding Scheme, 1952–1957
Member, Peel–Harvey Farmers’ Committee
President, University of WA Agriculture Faculty Club, 1946–1947
Charter member, Waroona Lions International
Chairman, Waroona Frail Aged Welfare Committee (Inc) 1981–1983 during planning and establishment of Quambie Park Retirement Centre, Waroona
Authorised badge examiner, Girl Guides Association for many years
Playing member, University Football Club (Amateur League) and University Cricket Club 1945–1947
Captain, Waroona Cricket Club during 1950s
Life member, Waroona Netball Association
Patron of several sporting organisations
Member, Nuffield Scholars Association
Lived in Cottesloe, 2003 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 166.
West Australian 22 February 1965.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 10 March 2009.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McNeill.
Who's Who in Australia (1977) |
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