# Neil Stacey

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{{Short description|Australian politician (1934–1987)}}
{{For|the British actor|Neil Stacy}}
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'''Neil Frank Stacey''' (5 June 1934 – 29 January 1987) was an Australian politician.

He was born in [Hastings](/source/Hastings%2C_Victoria) to postmaster Frank Stacey and schoolteacher Charlotte Hodgins.<ref name=arch>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1458 |title=Stacey, Neil Frank |access-date=21 August 2015 |archive-date=16 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316102414/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1458 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> He attended primary school at [Bittern](/source/Bittern%2C_Victoria) and then [Frankston High School](/source/Frankston_High_School), qualifying as a teacher at [Melbourne Teachers' College](/source/Melbourne_Teachers'_College). From 1954 to 1974 he worked as a primary school teacher (including at [Aspendale](/source/Aspendale%2C_Victoria)), and subsequently taught at [Haileybury College](/source/Haileybury_(Melbourne)). A non-commissioned officer in the [Citizen Military Forces](/source/Citizen_Military_Forces), he was a branch president of the [Victorian Teachers Union](/source/Victorian_Teachers_Union) and served on [Chelsea City Council](/source/City_of_Chelsea) from 1967 to 1976 (mayor 1971&ndash;72).<ref name=arch/>

After long involvement with the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division)), he was elected to the [Victorian Legislative Council](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Council) in 1976 for [Chelsea Province](/source/Chelsea_Province). He lost his seat in 1982. On 29 December 1956 he had married Barbara Southee, with whom he had three children.<ref name=vic>{{Cite Parliament of Victoria Member Profile
  | name = Stacey, Neil Frank
  | id = neil-frank-stacey
  | access-date = 1 August 2025}}</ref>

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Category:1934 births
Category:1987 deaths
Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Category:People from Hastings, Victoria
Category:Politicians from Melbourne

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