Peter McCreath

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 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Journalist, teacher

Peter L. McCreath, 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 election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the Nova Scotia riding of 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. However, McCreath's cabinet career was short-lived as both he and the Campbell government were defeated in the subsequent 1993 general election.

Following his defeat, McCreath turned to business, entering the field of public affairs, communications and government relations. After five years with 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, 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 to 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

External links

• Peter McCreath – Parliament of Canada biography