Stephen Aloysius Neary (1925-1996) is a former politician and cabinet minister in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation
Neary worked at the Argentia Naval Base until 1945 before moving to a job at the Dominion Steel Company on Bell Island. Naval Station Argentia is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941-1994 He helped unionize the office employees at the company and then served on the municipal council.
He was active with the Newfoundland Federation of Labour serving as its secretary-treasurer and ran for office as a candidate for the Newfoundland Democratic Party[1] in the 1959 provincial election
In 1962, he was elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly as a Liberal and, as a backbench MP, took on the legal industry for charging excessive fees and sparked a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the matter. Origins The NDP is the successor party to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF The 1959 Newfoundland general election was held on 20 August 1959 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland, For pre-1949 Liberal parties see Liberal parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the [1] In 1968 he was appointed to cabinet and was Minister of Public Services from 1969 to 1972 when the government was defeated. After losing the Liberal nomination for his riding in 1975 he ran, and was elected as an Independent Liberal. Rejoining the party, he ran unsuccessfully for leader in 1977. He was appointed Leader of the Opposition on May 3, 1982 after party leader Len Sterling failed to win a seat in the 1982 provincial election[1] and also served as interim party leader from 1983 to 1984. The Leader of the Opposition in Newfoundland and Labrador is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in the Newfoundland The 1982 Newfoundland general election was held on 6 April, 1982 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland, He retired from provincial politics in 1985. He attempted to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in a St. John's East federal by-election in 1987 but was defeated. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and For the provincial electoral district please see St John's East (provincial electoral district or St After his retirement he wrote a book about the German u-boat attack on Bell Island in the second World War, called "Enemy on our Doorstep". He also devoted s great deal of time to Bell Island and was instrumental in raising monuments, and to creating a museum. ==References==
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