Neil LeClair

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|image =

| name = Neil J. LeClair

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|2|23}}

| birth_place = Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada

| residence =

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Tignish-Palmer Road

| term_start = June 12, 2007

| term_end = October 18, 2011

| predecessor = Gail Shea

| successor = Hal Perry

| party = Liberal

| occupation =

}}

Neil J. LeClair (born 23 February 1956){{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.pe.ca/sites/www.assembly.pe.ca/files/Historical%20MLA%20Bios/L-2.pdf |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |title=Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) |accessdate=2021-04-05}} is a Canadian politician.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Tignish-Palmer Road and is a member of the Liberal Party.

On June 12, 2007, LeClair was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Agriculture.{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/oec/index.php3?number=news&dept=&newsnumber=5214&lang=E|title=Prince Edward Island Cabinet Appointed|date=June 12, 2007|accessdate=2016-06-08}} In January 2009, LeClair was moved to Minister of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development.{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Natural-resources/2009-01-13/article-1303704/Richard-Brown-dropped-as-Innovation-Minister/1|title=Richard Brown dropped as Innovation Minister|work=The Guardian|date=January 13, 2009|accessdate=2016-06-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ghiz-tweaks-pei-cabinet/article1146343/|title=Ghiz tweaks PEI cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=January 13, 2009|accessdate=2016-06-08}} He was defeated by his Progressive Conservative opponent, Hal Perry in the 2011 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Decision%20%2711/Decision%20%2711/2011-10-03/article-2765847/Allan-Campbell-loses-to-Colin-LaVie/1|title=Two In A Row|work=The Guardian|date=October 3, 2011|accessdate=2016-06-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121216043120/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Decision%20'11/Decision%20'11/2011-10-03/article-2765847/Allan-Campbell-loses-to-Colin-LaVie/1|archivedate=December 16, 2012}} In January 2015, LeClair announced he would again seek the riding's Liberals nomination for the 2015 election,{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/neil-leclair-running-for-liberal-nomination-in-tignish-palmer-road-1.2934980|title=Neil LeClair running for Liberal nomination in Tignish-Palmer Road|publisher=CBC News|date=January 28, 2015|accessdate=2016-06-08}} but was defeated by Perry, who had crossed the floor to the Liberals in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/hal-perry-gets-liberal-nod-over-neil-leclair-in-tignish-palmer-road-98513/|title=Hal Perry gets Liberal nod over Neil LeClair in Tignish-Palmer Road|work=The Guardian|date=February 24, 2015|accessdate=2021-03-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/hal-perry-wins-liberal-nomination-over-neil-leclair-1.2970789|title=Hal Perry wins Liberal nomination over Neil LeClair|publisher=CBC News|date=February 25, 2015|accessdate=2016-06-08}}