Neil King (politician)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Neil King

| honorific-suffix = MHA

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| assembly = Newfoundland and Labrador House of

| constituency_AM = Bonavista

| term_start = November 30, 2015

| term_end = April 17, 2019

| predecessor = Riding Established

| successor = Craig Pardy

| party = Independent

| otherparty = Liberal

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Neil King is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Bonavista in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Liberal Party from 2015 until 2019.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/provincial-election-candidates-1.3343999 "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"]. CBC News, November 30, 2015. He was elected in the 2015 provincial election for the district of Bonavista and was defeated in the 2019 provincial election. In the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, King ran as an independent candidate after being rejected as the Liberal candidate.{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Mike |title=4th former Liberal emerges as Independent candidate in 2021 campaign {{!}} CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/election-notebook-day-7-1.5883527 |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=CBC}} He lost, finishing third.{{cite news |title=Here are all the MHAs elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-election-list-of-winners-1.5965873 |publisher=CBC News |date=March 27, 2021}}

King previously served in the Canadian Navy.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/liberals-target-bonavista-1.3310543| title = Liberals taking aim at traditional Tory stronghold of Bonavista {{!}} CBC News}}