William Donald McNeil (21 January 1906 – 16 May 1964) was an Australian politician.
He was born in
Adelaide
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. In 1959 he was elected to the
Tasmanian House of Assembly
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as a
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member for
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in a countback following the death of
Reg Fisher. Re-elected in 1959, he was appointed a minister in 1961. Defeated at the election on 2 May 1964, he died fourteen days later at
St Marys.
References
1906 births
1964 deaths
Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Politicians from Adelaide
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania
20th-century Australian politicians
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