Honorific-Prefix: | His Honour |
Neil Lucas | |
Office: | Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories |
Term Start: | 18 January 2006 |
Term End: | October 2009 |
Predecessor: | Evan Williams |
Successor: | Brian Lacy |
Office2: | Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Eumemmerring Province |
Term Start2: | 30 March 1996 |
Term End2: | 29 November 2002 |
Predecessor2: | Bob Ives |
Successor2: | Adem Somyurek |
Nationality: | Australian |
Residence: | Christmas Island |
Neil Bedford Lucas PSM, JP (born 10 August 1945) was the Administrator of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. He served in the office from January 2006 to October 2009, when he was replaced by Brian Lacy.
He was formerly the CEO for the City of Berwick, the Mayor of Casey, the State Member for Eumemmerring Province from 1996–2002, representing the Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Victorian Legislative Council and consultant to the Victorian Ministers for Local Government and Planning.
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace (JP) upon taking the position of Mayor of Casey.In recognition of his significant contributions over the years Mr Lucas was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) in 1995 for outstanding public service to local government.[1]