Donald C. MacNeil | |
Birth Date: | 4 January 1924 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
Office1: | MLA for Cape Breton South |
Term Start1: | 1956 |
Term End1: | 1970 |
Predecessor1: | John Smith MacIvor |
Successor1: | John Francis Burke |
Residence: | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Donald Campbell MacNeil (January 4, 1924 – October 24, 1978) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party.[1]
MacNeil was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He attended Acadia University, St. Francis Xavier University, and Dalhousie University. He earned a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie in 1948 and went into law practice. In 1948, he married Marguerite Shirley Cameron.[2] He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs.[2]