{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Peter McCreath | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}} | office = [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Veterans Affairs]] | term_start = June 25, 1993 | term_end = November 3, 1993 | prime_minister = [[Kim Campbell]] | predecessor = Kim Campbell | successor = [[David Collenette]] | riding1 = [[South Shore (electoral district)|South Shore]] | parliament1 = Canadian | term_start1 = November 21, 1988 | term_end1 = October 25, 1993 | predecessor1 = [[Lloyd Crouse]] | successor1 = [[Derek Wells]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1943|7|5}} | birth_place = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada | profession = Journalist, teacher | party = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] | spouse = | children = }}
'''Peter L. McCreath''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born July 5, 1943) is former chairman of the [[Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation]], President of PMC Communications Inc. and a former Canadian politician.
==Biography== A journalist and teacher by training, McCreath was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 election]] as the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for the [[Nova Scotia]] [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[South Shore (electoral district)|South Shore]]. He succeeded longtime MP [[Lloyd Crouse]], who retired after thirty-one years in the House.
In 1991, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Finance and Privatization. In 1993, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology and to the Minister for International Trade.
In the summer of 1993, when [[Kim Campbell]] succeeded [[Brian Mulroney]] as PC Party leader and [[Prime Minister of Canada]], she appointed McCreath to Cabinet as [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Veterans Affairs]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Campbell cuts cabinet to 25 members|work=The Globe and Mail|date=June 26, 1993}}</ref> However, McCreath's cabinet career was short-lived as both he and the Campbell government were defeated in the subsequent [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993 general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/fedelect97/archive/931026108.html|title=Atlantic region hands Liberals near-clean sweep|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=October 26, 1993|accessdate=September 29, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011121074131/http://www.herald.ns.ca/fedelect97/archive/931026108.html|archivedate=November 21, 2001 }}</ref>
Following his defeat, McCreath turned to business, entering the field of public affairs, communications and government relations. After five years with [[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce|CIBC]], he established his own company, PMC Communications Inc.
In 2001, upon the creation of the [[Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation]], McCreath became its chair. He oversaw a period of sustained success for the organization.
McCreath has written several books. He is a co-author of the history textbooks ''Discovering Canada'' and ''Canadian History: Voices and Vision''; a biography, ''The Life & Times of [[Alexander Keith (politician)|Alexander Keith]], Nova Scotia's Brewmaster'' (2001), ''A History of Early Nova Scotia'' (1982 with John G. Leefe), ''The People's Choice'' (1995, about his time as an MP), ''Exquisite Destinations: Adventures of a Maritimer in Lesser-Known Places'' (2018), ''From [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]] to [[Louisbourg]]: The Colonial Evolution of Atlantic Canada and New England'' (2020), and ''Le Loutre: Acadia's Warrior Priest'' (2021).
==Electoral record==
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Derek Wells]]|17,351|46.94|+4.37}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|Peter McCreath|12,058|32.62 |-13.84}} {{CANelec|CA|Reform|Anne Matthiasson |4,999|13.52|}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Eric Hustvedt |1,847|5.00 |-5.15}} {{CANelec|CA|National|A. James Donahue | 422|1.14 |}} {{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Richard Robertson | 287|0.78 |}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 36,964 |100.00}} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|Peter McCreath|18,547|46.46 |-10.23}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mike Delory |16,995|42.57 |13.55}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bill Zimmerman | 4,052|10.15 |-4.14}} {{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|David Morgan |329|0.82 |}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 39,923 |100.00}} {{end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=12395}}
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