Ron Neville

Ronald Thomas Dalton Neville (2 December 1929 – 31 May 1986) was an Australia-born Papua New Guinean politician and businessman. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1964 to 1977.

Biography Neville was born in December 1929 in Moree, New South Wales and was educated at De La Salle College in Armidale and Saint Ignatius' College in Sydney. He also married Colleen Wren and had six children.

In 1963 Neville resigned from the civil service to contest the first elections to the House of Assembly in February–March 1964. He was elected from the West Papua Special constituency, defeating incumbent MLC Ron Slaughter. He was re-elected unopposed in the 1968 elections from the Southern Highlands Regional constituency, and served on the District Advisory committee.

He retired from politics prior to the 1977 elections to concentrate on his business. He died in May 1986 when a truck he was driving hit a bus on the road between Mendi and Mount Hagen. His son Tim later also became an MP.