Philip McNeely is a

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, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Ottawa—Orléans for the

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Background

McNeely was born in

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and is bilingual. He was educated at

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and

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, earning a

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degree from the latter. He later earned the equivalent of a

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in engineering from the

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. Before entering politics, he was the CEO of ''McNeely Engineering'', a firm which operated in the Ottawa region. He sold this firm in 1997, claiming it had suffered under provincial cutbacks to infrastructure spending.

Municipal politics

In 2000, McNeely was elected as a municipal councillor for the Cumberland Ward of the amalgamated City of Ottawa, defeating incumbent Robert van den Ham. In 2002, he played a key role in the successful ''Hay West'' project, in which

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from eastern Canada was shipped to the drought-stricken west. He was also active in opposing the creation of a

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in the village of Sarsfield part of the Cumberland Ward of Ottawa.

Provincial politics

In the provincial election of 2003, he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Brian Coburn in Ottawa—Orleans by about 4500 votes. He was named a government whip on October 23, 2003. In July 2006, McNeely described

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as a "rogue state", arguing that Israel's military campaign in

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was resulting in

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for the Lebanese people.

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expressed "serious dismay and disappointment" for these remarks, and McNeely later offered an apology for the language of his comments. He was re-elected to the provincial legislature in 2007, beating Conservative candidate Graham Fox by almost 9,000 votes. In the 2011 election he was re-elected with a margin of 2,854 votes. In 2005, McNeely proposed an amendment to a no smoking bill that would ban power wall cigarette advertising from convenience stores and retail businesses. The "McNeely Amendment", which came into effect on May 31, 2008, has helped keep cigarettes out of the sight of children. During his time in office, McNeely has served as

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to a number of ministers including

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, Minister of Health and Long Term Care and most recently as PA to the

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. In 2014, McNeely announced that he would not seek re-election in the 2014 contest.

Electoral record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McNeely, Phil 1932 births Alumni of Imperial College London Living people McGill University Faculty of Engineering alumni Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Ottawa city councillors 21st-century Canadian politicians