Chuck MacNeil

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 bySandy Cameron
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born(1944-12-02)December 2, 1944
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedJune 18, 2022(2022-06-18) (aged 77)
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceSherbrooke, Nova Scotia
OccupationDoctor

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]

References
  1. "Electoral History for Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  2. "Chuck MacNeil fonds". Archives Canada. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  3. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. p. 69. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  4. "Buchanan Tories crush opponents in N.S. election". The Globe and Mail. November 7, 1984.
  5. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. p. 72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  6. "Controversial minister returns as Buchanan shuffles cabinet". The Globe and Mail. December 24, 1988.
  7. "Cameron streamlines cabinet: several departments to amalgamate". The Chronicle Herlad. February 27, 1991.
  8. "Thornhill back in cabinet after year of political exhile". The Globe and Mail. February 18, 1992.
  9. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  10. "Liberal sweep claims cabinet ministers". The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. Archived from the original on August 30, 2000. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  11. Drake Lowthers (July 5, 2022). "Former local physician, municipal councillor, MLA, and cabinet minister passes away". Port Hawkesbury Reporter. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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