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About Daniel McNeill Parker
- Daniel McNeill Parker (April 28, 1822 – November 4, 1907) was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia.
- He served in the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia from 1867 to 1901. He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Francis Parker and Mary Janet McNeill.
- Parker was educated at King's College and Horton Academy.
- He studied medicine with William Bruce Almon and then went on to study at the University of Edinburgh.
- He returned to Nova Scotia in 1845 and set up practice in Halifax.
- In 1847, he married Eliza Ritchie Johnston, the daughter of James William Johnston.
- In 1854, he married Fanny Holmes Black after the death of his first wife.
- His daughter Laura MacNeill Parker was the wife of the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, the Honourable MacCallum Grant.
- He helped found the Halifax Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Halifax Young Men's Christian Association.
- Parker also served on the board of governors for Acadia College.
- He helped establish the Medical Society of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Medical Association and served as president for both.
- Parker also helped create the faculty of medicine at Dalhousie University.
- In 1871, he studied antiseptic surgery in Edinburgh and Europe and returned to Nova Scotia as a consultant in those techniques.
- He retired from practice in 1895.
- Parker died in Halifax at the age of 85.
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