- John B. McNair
Infobox Prime Minister
honorific-prefix =The Honourable
name = John Babbitt McNair
honorific-suffix = CC BCL BA
nationality =
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caption = The Honourable John Babbitt McNair
order1 = 22nd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
term_start1 =June 9 ,1965
term_end1 =January 31 ,1968
governor_general1 =Georges Vanier ,Roland Michener
predecessor1 =Joseph Leonard O'Brien
successor1 =Wallace Samuel Bird
order2 = 23rd
office2 = Premier of New Brunswick
term_start2 =March 13 ,1940
term_end2 =October 7 ,1952
lieutenant_governor2 = William Clark,David Laurence MacLaren
predecessor2 =Allison Dysart
successor2 =Hugh John Flemming
birth_date = birth date|1889|11|20|mf=y
birth_place = Andover,New Brunswick
death_date = death date and age | 1968|06|14|1889|11|20
death_place =Fredericton, New Brunswick
restingplace = Fredericton Rural Cemetery
constituency =
party = Liberal
spouse = Mary MacGregor Crocket Margaret Jones
children = 3 daughters, 1 son
alma_mater =University of New Brunswick Oxford University
profession =Lawyer , Politician, Judge
religion = PresbyterianJohn Babbitt McNair, CC (
November 20 ,1889 –June 14 ,1968 ) was a Rhodes Scholar from the Province of New Brunswick, Canada who worked as alawyer ,politician andjudge .Born in Andover, New Brunswick, he graduated from the
University of New Brunswick in 1911 with a B.A. degree. Awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, atOxford University he earned a B.A. in 1913 and aBachelor of Civil Law degree in 1914, graduating with first-class honours.At the onset of
World War I he enlisted in the Canadian Army and served on the battlefields ofFrance andGermany as part of theCanadian Expeditionary Force . Captain McNair served again duringWorld War II as a member of the Royal Canadian Artillery Reserves.John McNair was first elected to the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1935 New Brunswick general election and served as Attorney-General in the government of Premier Dysart and served as president of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick from 1932 to 1940. He lost his seat in the 1939 election but returned in 1940, succeeding Dysart as leader of the party and premier.Despite province wide protests, on April 27, 1950 McNair's government implemented a four percent provincial
sales tax to help finance thepublic education system and social services.McNair served as premier for twelve years until the defeat of his government in 1952 at which time he returned to the practise of law. In 1955 he was named
Chief Justice of New Brunswick and became Lieutenant Governor of the province in 1965.In 1967 he was made a Companion of the
Order of Canada .External links
* [http://www.gnb.ca/legis/publications/tradition/premiers/mcnairj-e.asp McNair's biography] at the Government of New Brunswick website
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2181 Order of Canada Citation]###@@@KEYEND@@@###
Canadian military personnel of World War II
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