Rep. Neal C. St. Onge
94th General Assembly
Rep. Neal C. St. Onge, a Republican, represents part of St. Louis County (District 88), which includes Ballwin, Winchester and parts of Ellisville, in the Missouri House of Representatives. He is in his third term in the Missouri House of Representatives.
Rep. St. Onge is chair of the House Transportation Committee, which oversees the ongoing improvements to the state’s road system as well as mass transit, airports and river ports.
His prime goal is improving safety, sponsoring measures to increase fines for speeding in high traffic zones, construction areas and to strengthen requirements for child safety seats. Rep. St. Onge also is sponsoring legislation to enable the construction of a new bridge over the Mississippi River.
Rep. St. Onge served as the first chair of the House Small Business Committee. There he worked on legislation that created an unemployment insurance reform commission and a law to reduce red tape for small businesses.
For his work, the National Federation of Independent Businesses honored Rep. St. Onge as a Guardian of Small Business. The St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association gave him the Statesman Award for his transportation advocacy and his work as chair of the St. Louis Regional Caucus.
In addition to his legislative duties, Rep. St. Onge has spent 30 years as an excavating and grading contractor. He has also spent 15 years in property development and as a real estate broker. Formerly, Rep. St. Onge was a firefighter and EMT in Ballwin, Mo.
A former member of the Rockwood School District Board of Education from 1995 to 1998, Rep. St. Onge is a member of St. Clare of Assisi Church of Ellisville.
Born on March 29, 1955 in St. Louis, Rep. St. Onge graduated from Lafayette High School in 1973. Currently he lives in Ballwin with his wife, Mary Kay and daughter, Nicole. He also has two married children, Teresa and Brad, and five grandchildren.