Daniel Francis MacNeill

MACNEILL, DANIEL FRANCIS, business person; b. 30 August 1885 in Summerside, son of James A. MacNeill* and Sarah Eliza MacNeill; m. Pearl Tamlyn, and they had 14 children, Francis*, John, Tanton, Hubert*, Gerald, Edward, Ronald, Gertrude, Margaret, Pearl, Dorothy, Anita, Kathleen (died in infancy), and Joseph (died in infancy); Roman Catholic; d. 24 September 1946 in Summerside. MacNeill, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1943 for 5th Prince. He was defeated in the general elections of 1935 and 1939. He died while sitting as a Member. MacNeill was also a long-time member of the Summerside Town Council, having served 14 years at the time of his death. He came from a family with a long political history in the province. His father, and his brother Leonard Malcolm*, served as Members of the Legislative Assembly, and two of MacNeill's sons, Francis* and Hubert'1, also served in the Legislature. All represented 5th Prince. MacNeill became the proprietor of his family's farm machinery firm, James A. MacNeill and Sons, founded by his father. He also served as the deputy chief of the Summerside Fire Department. MacNeill spent a great deal of time promoting the welfare of the department and increasing its status in equipment and efficiency. Daniel MacNeill died 24 September 1946 in the Prince County Hospital. Pearl MacNeill was from Summerside.