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♂ Robert B. McCready
Record
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Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ∑ ✓ ✗
New Brunswick 6 4 2
Birth 28 October 1921 → 102 years + 1 month ago
Lived 74 years
First mandate 13 October 1967 → 56 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 45 years + 11 months
Death 3 November 1995 → 28 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 22 days after 12 October 1987
Special notes
No
 
Family link with other documented individuals
⊕ J. Stephen McCready (1946–) Son  
 
Robert Black McCready (1921–1995)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, New Brunswick — Fair use
Well that's interesting!
First elected in 1967 as a Liberal in Queens, McCready served as speaker of the New Brunswick legislature in Louis Robichaud's last mandate. When the Progressive Conservatives under Richard Hatfield won a narrow majority government in 1978, McCready agreed to sit as an independent MLA and serve again as speaker. He then formally joined the PCs in March 1981 when he was named to cabinet.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 16 0 22 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 46
LIB
 1 Speaker 46–48 27 Feb 1968 — 25 Oct 1970 2 7 28
2. NB 49
IND
 2 Speaker 57–59 12 Mar 1979 — 23 Mar 1981 2 0 11

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Wilfred G. Bishop  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Robert A. Corbett  m 
 		 ⊕ Vaughn Blaney  m 
⊖ J. Arthur Moore  m 
 
Eligible: 6,262 Votes: 9,620 Participation: 85.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
46		 New Brunswick
13 October 1967
General
Plurality-at-large
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32529(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 2/4 2,511 52.20% +263 Loser:
LIB
 2,248 46.74% Otty B. Smith

Service: 3 years 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,477 Votes: 9,609 Participation: 84.05% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
26 October 1970
General
Plurality-at-large
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32559(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 2/5 2,439 51.28% +72 Loser:
PC
 2,367 49.77% Lloyd H. Nickerson

Service: 4 years 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,589 Votes: 2,990 Participation: 83.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8522(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 1,451 48.71% -77 Winner:
PC
 1,528 51.29% Robert A. Corbett
Eligible: 3,895 Votes: 3,241 Participation: 83.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8463(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 1,577 48.90% +131 Loser:
PC
 1,446 44.84% A.P. Hetherington
After his election:
12 Mar 1979 57
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
24 Mar 1981 59
IND
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 3,924 Votes: 3,476 Participation: 88.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1782(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 1,799 52.18% +362 Loser:
LIB
 1,437 41.68% Dawn Bremner

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,211 Votes: 3,653 Participation: 86.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1724(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
PC
 2/3 1,296 35.73% -779 Winner:
LIB
 2,075 57.21% Vaughn Blaney

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Specific link
Jacques Poitras, CBC New Brunswick Podcasts, Guns, revenge and floor-crossing. How a political masterstroke paved the way for the Hatfield dynasty		 19 Nov 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. Robert McCready		 19 Nov 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. Robert McCready		 19 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert McCready		 19 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Nov 2023 19:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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