Chuck MacNeil
Canadian politician (1944–2022)
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Charles Wyndham MacNeil (December 2, 1944 – June 18, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1984 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Chuck MacNeil | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Guysborough | |
| In office 1984–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Sandy Cameron |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 2, 1944 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | June 18, 2022 (aged 77) New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Doctor |
Born in 1944 at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, he was the son of Edgar William MacNeil and Elizabeth Adelaide (Weir). A graduate of Mount Allison University and Dalhousie University, MacNeil married Elizabeth Alison Fleming in 1966. He practiced as a family physician in Yarmouth and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia since 1969.[2]
From 1982 to 1984, MacNeil served as a municipal councillor for the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's.[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1984 election, defeating Liberal leader Sandy Cameron by 390 votes in the Guysborough riding.[3][4] MacNeil was re-elected in the 1988 election.[5]
On December 23, 1988, MacNeil was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Lands and Forests.[6] When Donald Cameron took over as premier in February 1991, he named MacNeil Minister of Mines and Energy.[7]
In February 1992, MacNeil was shuffled to Minister of Finance.[8] In the 1993 election, MacNeil was defeated by Liberal Ray White in the new Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury riding.[9][10]
MacNeil died in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on June 18, 2022, aged 77.[11]