D._C._McNeil

D. C. McNeil

D. C. McNeil

Canadian politician


Douglas Charles "Dugger" McNeil (November 7, 1927 – January 18, 2015) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Halifax St. Margarets in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1967 to 1970 and Halifax West from 1963 to 1967. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party.[1][2]

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McNeil was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and graduated from high school there. He was a businessman, owning a store and restaurant. In 1954, he married Marion Josephine Peckham.[3] McNeil also played ice hockey in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, Pacific Coast Hockey League, Maritime Major Hockey League, and Atlantic Coast Senior League between the years 1948 and 1955. McNeil died after a stroke on January 18, 2015.[4]


References

  1. "Electoral History for Fairview-Clayton Park" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  2. "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  3. Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 148. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  4. "Dugger McNeil dies after 'great life' on the ice, in politics and in business". The Chronicle Herald. January 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-21.

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