Neil Edward William Pickard (13 February 1929 – 13 April 2007) was a New South Wales politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Eric Willis and Nick Greiner.

He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 26 years from 17 November 1973 to 3 May 1991 for the Liberal Party until his retirement from politics upon the abolition of his seat at the election.

[5] Willis then appointed Pickard on 23 January 1976 to the cabinet as Minister for Education, which he held until the Coalition government lost the 1976 election on 14 May 1976.

[7] Pickard was suspended for two days from parliament after losing his customarily cool temper during a rowdy session in the Legislative Assembly on 27 October 1987.

Pickard, who had been upset by Labor MPs laughing during a speech by Greiner, got up and pointed at Premier Barrie Unsworth: "It's all right for you, you giggling Gert.

[9] Once Unsworth had lost in a landslide to the Greiner-led coalition at the 1988 election, Pickard was appointed as Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy in the new government.

In this capacity Pickard came under fire for not declaring pecuniary interests which amounted to shares in two mining companies, for nine months, and taking a further three weeks to clear up the matter.