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 = Presbyterian

John Babbitt McNair, CC (November 20, 1889 – June 14, 1968) was a Rhodes Scholar from the Province of New Brunswick, Canada who worked as a lawyer, politician and judge.

Born in Andover, New Brunswick, he graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1911 with a B.A. degree. Awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, at Oxford University he earned a B.A. in 1913 and a Bachelor 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 of France and Germany as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Captain McNair served again during World 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 the public 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]

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Canadian military personnel of World War II