Douglas Charles Neil (3 February 1924 – 21 February 1994) was a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

lawyer and politician. Neil served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in

Lipton, Saskatchewan Lipton ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217 and Census Division No. 6. The village is located north of the Town of Fort Qu'Appelle Fort Qu'Appelle i ...

. He represented Saskatchewan's Moose Jaw electoral district at which he was elected in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

. Neil won re-election there in the 1974,

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

and 1980 federal elections. He left federal politics in 1984 for personal causes and did not campaign in that year's national elections after serving in the 29th to

32nd Canadian Parliament The 32nd Canadian Parliament was in session from April 14, 1980, until July 9, 1984. The membership was set by the 1980 federal election on February 18, 1980, and it only changed slightly due to resignations and by-elections prior to being disso ...

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* 1924 births 1994 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub