Alec Neill

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alec Neill
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 22, 1950(1950-07-22)
Age	74
Birthplace	Dunedin
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Otago
Horoscope	Cancer

Alec Neill Biography

Alec Neill is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 22, 1950 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Alec Neill is a consultant solicitor with Lane Neave, lawyers Christchurch and is part of the ‘Life Law’ team. He was a partner at Berry & Co, Oamaru for 15 years (1976–1990) before being elected to Parliament in 1990 as the MP for Waitaki. After relocating to Christchurch in 1997 he purchased the Shirley office of Wood Marshall, solicitors and practised as Neill & Co. Alec Neill has a wealth of experience across general legal issues but now concentrates on rural and commercial, company, trusts and estate planning law. He is a certified RMA commissioner and has sat on many hearings involving RMA consent applications in Canterbury. In 2013 he was appointed by the EPA as a commissioner to hear and determine the ‘Tukituki Proposal’in the Hawkes Bay. This panel was chaired by the Hon. Justice Chisholm. This hearing included the hearing of the ‘Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme Resource Consent. The Plan Change was approved and resource consent granted but has since been appealed. The water storage scheme is at present in limbo. In 2015/16 Alec Neill sat as a commissioner as part of the panel to hear and determine the ‘Christhurch District Replacement Plan’. The panels were chaired by Hon. Justice Sir John Hanson

Alec Neill was born in Dunedin, the youngest son of Alfred George Neill QC. then a prominent barrister practising in Dunedin. Alec Neill was raised at Allans Beach on the Otago Peninsula, attended the Hoopers Inlet Primary School and then attended St. Kevin’s College, Oamaru, and the University of Otago where he graduated with an LLB. He commenced his law career with Ross Dowling Marquet and Griffen in Dunedin before shifting to Oamaru in 1974, joining solicitors George Berry and Evan Alty in the firm of Hjorring Tait and Farrell. Alec Neill became a partner on 1 May 1976 (then aged 25) and the firm was rebranded as Berry Alty and Neill. He remained a partner of the firm until elected to Parliament in 1990.

Alec Neill Net Worth

Alec Neill is one of the richest Politician from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alec Neill 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alexander George Neill (born 22 July 1950 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is the former Chairman of the Canterbury Regional Council and a former National Party politician. He was an electorate Member of Parliament from 1990 to 1996, and a list member for two terms in 1999, and from 2001 to 2002.

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On 25 October 2007, he lost a vote to become chairperson to Sir Kerry Burke by one vote after the voting by councillors was initially tied at seven votes each. On 12 November 2007, he was appointed as the chair of the Regulations Hearing Committee jointly with Cr. Angus McKay. In mid 2009 the Minister for the Environment, Hon. Nick Smith expressed concerns about the performance of Canterbury Regional Council after the release of a Ministry for Environment survey. In September 2009 the 10 Mayors of Canterbury wrote to the Minister of Local Government (Hon Rodney Hide) and Minister for the Environment (Hon. Nick Smith) setting out concerns in relation to their relationships with Canterbury Regional Council.

Facts & Trivia

Alessandro Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Alec Neill celebrates birthday on July 22 of every year.

In 2009 Alec Neill was appointed onto the Board of the Canterbury Community Trust (now known as ‘The Rata Foundation’) On 1 July 2011 he was elected as chair of that Board and remained in that position until 2013. The Canterbury Community Trust a philanthropic trust with investments in excess of $(NZ)500,000,000. The trust distributes over $20,000,000 each year to charitable and sporting organisations in Canterbury, Nelson and Marlborough, New Zealand. In July 2012 Alec Neill accepted a three-year appointment to the board of SBS Bank, one of a few wholly New Zealand-owned banks. Since his retirement from the board in July 2015 the Board appointed him as an ‘SBS Bank Ambassador’ He is the current Chair of the Advisory Board for Online Distributions, one of New Zealand’s leading third party logistics providers