Douglas Charles "Dugger" McNeil (November 7, 1927 – January 18, 2015) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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of Halifax St. Margarets in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1967 to 1970 and

Halifax West Halifax West (french: Halifax-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2021 was 111,944. Demographics ''From the 2016 census'' E ...

from 1963 to 1967. He was a member of the

Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia (formerly Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia), is a moderate political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been historically as ...

. 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. McNeil also played ice hockey in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, Pacific Coast Hockey League,

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, and Atlantic Coast Senior League between the years 1948 and 1955. McNeil died after a stroke on January 18, 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McNeil, Douglas 1927 births 2015 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia Deaths in Canada