# Peter McCreath

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The Honourable Peter McCreath PC Minister of Veterans Affairs In office June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993 Prime Minister Kim Campbell Preceded by Kim Campbell Succeeded by David Collenette Member of Parliament for South Shore In office November 21, 1988 – October 25, 1993 Preceded by Lloyd Crouse Succeeded by Derek Wells Personal details Born (1943-07-05) July 5, 1943 (age 82) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Party Progressive Conservative Profession Journalist, teacher

**Peter L. McCreath**, [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (born July 5, 1943) is former chairman of the [Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation](/source/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](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) in the [1988 election](/source/1988_Canadian_federal_election) as the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for the [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) [riding](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of [South Shore](/source/South_Shore_(electoral_district)). He succeeded longtime MP [Lloyd Crouse](/source/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](/source/Kim_Campbell) succeeded [Brian Mulroney](/source/Brian_Mulroney) as PC Party leader and [Prime Minister of Canada](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada), she appointed McCreath to Cabinet as [Minister of Veterans Affairs](/source/Minister_of_Veterans_Affairs_(Canada)).[1] However, McCreath's cabinet career was short-lived as both he and the Campbell government were defeated in the subsequent [1993 general election](/source/1993_Canadian_federal_election).[2]

Following his defeat, McCreath turned to business, entering the field of public affairs, communications and government relations. After five years with [CIBC](/source/Canadian_Imperial_Bank_of_Commerce), he established his own company, PMC Communications Inc.

In 2001, upon the creation of the [Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation](/source/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](/source/Alexander_Keith_(politician)), 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 [Columbus](/source/Christopher_Columbus) to [Louisbourg](/source/Louisbourg): The Colonial Evolution of Atlantic Canada and New England* (2020), and *Le Loutre: Acadia's Warrior Priest* (2021).

## Electoral record

1993 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Derek Wells 17,351 46.94 +4.37 Progressive Conservative Peter McCreath 12,058 32.62 -13.84 Reform Anne Matthiasson 4,999 13.52 New Democratic Eric Hustvedt 1,847 5.00 -5.15 National A. James Donahue 422 1.14 Natural Law Richard Robertson 287 0.78 Total valid votes 36,964 100.00

1988 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Peter McCreath 18,547 46.46 -10.23 Liberal Mike Delory 16,995 42.57 13.55 New Democratic Bill Zimmerman 4,052 10.15 -4.14 Libertarian David Morgan 329 0.82 Total valid votes 39,923 100.00

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Campbell cuts cabinet to 25 members". *The Globe and Mail*. June 26, 1993.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Atlantic region hands Liberals near-clean sweep"](https://web.archive.org/web/20011121074131/http://www.herald.ns.ca/fedelect97/archive/931026108.html). *The Chronicle Herald*. October 26, 1993. Archived from [the original](http://www.herald.ns.ca/fedelect97/archive/931026108.html) on November 21, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2014.

## External links

- [Peter McCreath – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=12395)

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell (1993) Kim Campbell Perrin Beatty Pierre Blais Pauline Browes Jean Charest Mary Collins Jean Corbeil Paul Dick Jim Edwards Tom Hockin Monique Landry Doug Lewis Gilles Loiselle Peter McCreath Charles Mayer Lowell Murray Rob Nicholson Ross Reid Larry Schneider Tom Siddon Bobbie Sparrow Garth Turner Bernard Valcourt Pierre H. Vincent Gerry Weiner

v t e Ministers of veterans affairs of Canada Soldiers' civil re-establishment (1918–28) Lougheed Manion Béland Elliott Manion (acting) Morand (acting) Paquet King Pensions and national health (1928–44) King Ralston McLaren Sutherland Power Mackenzie Veterans affairs (1944–present) Mackenzie Gregg Lapointe Brooks Churchill Lambert Teillet Dubé Laing MacDonald McKinnon MacDonald Lamontagne (acting) Campbell Hees Merrithew Campbell McCreath Collenette Young Mifflin Baker Duhamel Pagtakhan McCallum Guarnieri Thompson Blackburn Blaney Fantino O'Toole Hehr O'Regan Wilson-Raybould Sajjan (acting) MacAulay Petitpas Taylor Fisher

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