Charles Wyndham MacNeil (December 2, 1944 – June 18, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of

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in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1984 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. Born in 1944 at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, he was the son of Edgar William MacNeil and Elizabeth Adelaide (Weir). A graduate of

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and

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, MacNeil married Elizabeth Alison Fleming in 1966. He practiced as a family physician in

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and

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since 1969. From 1982 to 1984, MacNeil served as a municipal councillor for the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's. He entered provincial politics in the 1984 election, defeating Liberal leader

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by 390 votes in the Guysborough riding. MacNeil was re-elected in the 1988 election. On December 23, 1988, MacNeil was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Lands and Forests. When

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took over as premier in February 1991, he named MacNeil Minister of Mines and Energy. In February 1992, MacNeil was shuffled to Minister of Finance. In the 1993 election, MacNeil was defeated by Liberal

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in the new Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury riding. MacNeil died in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on June 18, 2022, aged 77.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacNeil, Chuck 1944 births 2022 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia Dalhousie University alumni Mount Allison University alumni People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia municipal councillors