David Bradley Neely was a physician and political figure in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada. He represented Humboldt

Humboldt (provincial electoral district)

Humboldt is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in central Saskatchewan, this constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 from 1905 to 1908 and Humboldt

Humboldt (electoral district)

Humboldt was a federal electoral district in Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1953. When it was created in 1903, it was part of the Northwest Territories. When Saskatchewan became a province in 1905, Humboldt riding was in that province...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1908 to 1917 as a Liberal

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He was born in Harkaway, Ontario, the son of Thomas Neely, and was educated in Owen Sound

Owen Sound, Ontario

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 and at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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. Neely practised medicine in Colborne and Markdale

Markdale, Ontario

Markdale is a community in the Municipality of Grey Highlands, in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.Markdale was first settled in 1846 and originally called East Glenelg, after a nearby township. In 1864, it was renamed Cornabus after the Islay, Scotland hometown of then-postmaster Donald MacDuffie...

, before coming to Humboldt

Humboldt, Saskatchewan

Humboldt is a Canadian city located in the province of Saskatchewan, 113 km east of Saskatoon at the junction of Highway 5 and Highway 20. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Humboldt No...

 in 1904. In 1906, he married Laura Amelia Hill. He was reelected to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1908 but resigned his seat later than year to run for a seat in the House of Commons. Neely died in Saint Petersburg, Florida at the age of 51.