Wykeham McNeill

The Honourable Dr. Kenneth Wykeham McNeill
Spokesman on Tourism
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Kenneth Hall Patrick Allen
Member of Parliament for Western Westmorland
Personal details
Political party	People's National Party
Spouse(s)	Sheila Benjamin McNeill
Religion	Christianity

Kenneth Wykeham McNeill, MD, MP (born October 1957 in Kingston, St. Andrew Parish) is a Jamaican political figure and a Doctor. He is currently the Spokesman of the Tourism Sector in Jamaica. McNeill is also the Chairman of The Public Administration and Appropriations Committee^[1]

Early life

Born in 1957 in the parish of Kingston, Jamaica, McNeill is the youngest son born to former Minister of Health Kenneth McNeill and his wife Valerie.^[2]

Education

McNeill is a medical Doctor by profession having graduated from Medical School in Havana, Cuba in 1983. He has served in various hospitals in Jamaica including St. Anns Bay, Spanish Town, University and the Kingston Public Hospitals. He later went on to private practice at the Eureka Medical Center.^[3] An avid lover of sports, McNeill served as a member of the Boxing Board of Control from 1994–1997 and chaired the Amateur Development and the Medical Committees of the board. He is also the founding Chairman of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), which he headed from 1995-2000. He is also a co-founder of the Clinic of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy. He has worked with a number of national teams including the Reggae Boyz and in 1996, traveled as a member of the medical team to the Olympic Games in Athens.

Political career

His constituency is the Western Westmoreland Parish. He was re-elected in 2002, being the first Member of Parliament in the history of this constituency to do so.^[4] In 2000 he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, now the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, and was reappointed in 2002, with responsibility to directly oversee tourism operations, including cruise shipping and tourism development.

Family life

McNeill is married to Sheila Benjamin McNeill and has two children, Jordan McNeill and stepdaughter Ashleigh Fernandez.^[5]

References

1. ^ The Public Administration and Appropriations Committee
2. ^ Wykeham McNeill Candidate
3. ^ Profile on Dr. McNeill
4. ^ Article on Dr. McNeill
5. ^ Wedding of Dr. McNeill

External links

• Profile of Dr. McNeill
• PNP Article
• Minister of state
• [1]
• Tourism Minister

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Name	Macneill, Wykeham
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Date of birth	1957
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