Bernard "Bernie" T. O'Neill is a

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former member of the

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for the 29th District from 2003 to 2019.

Career

Before entering politics, O'Neill was a special education teacher at

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in the Centennial School District for 25 years. O'Neill served as a township supervisor in

Warminster Township, Pennsylvania Warminster Township (also referred to as Warminster) is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formally established in 1711. The township is 13.7 miles north of Philadelphia and had a population of 32,682 according to the 201 ...

from 1998 until 2003. His final three years, he served as chairman of the Board of Supervisors. He was elected to the House in 2002 and won re-election in 2004 and 2006. O'Neill currently serves on the House Education, Judiciary, Labor Relations, and Professional Licensure Committees. He is also a member of the Governor's Commission on Higher Education and is a member of the Board of Trustees of

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Personal

O’Neill is a resident of

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and lives with his wife and sister. Representative O'Neill graduated from

, and received a bachelor's degree from

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and a master's degree in education from

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References

External links

Representative O'Neill
''official web site''
Pennsylvania House profile
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