Neil McNeill was an Australia

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n politician. Born in Yarloop, Western Australia

Yarloop, Western Australia

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, he was educated at Scotch College, Perth

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, and the University of Western Australia

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, after which he became a farmer. He served in the military in 1945, and returned to become a district officer with the Western Australia

Western Australia

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n Department of Agriculture. In 1961, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Liberal

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 member for Canning

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. He held the seat until his defeat by a Country Party

National Party of Australia

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 candidate in 1963. In 1965 he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council

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 for Lower West, where he remained until 1983, when he retired.

He died aged 87, on 8 February 2009, at Bethesda Hospital near his home in Cottesloe, and was buried on 12 February 2009 at Drakesbrook Cemetery, Waroona.