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Allan McCready

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Allan McCready {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO}} (1 September 1916 – 8 August 2003) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

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McCready was born in Kawakawa in 1916,{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=328}} the son of Alexander McCready. He received his education at Kawakawa District High School. In 1942, McCready married Grace Lorraine Maher, the daughter of James Joseph Maher, later the MP for Otaki. They had one son and one daughter.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=176}} In World War II he served in the New Zealand Army for 3½ years.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=176}}

He worked for the Post Office Department for ten years. He was then the director of the Wellington Dairy Farmers Co-op, and then director of the Hutt Valley Milk Treatment Corporation, the Featherston Co-op, and finally the Dairy Company Limited. He was vice-president of the Wellington and Hutt Valley A & P Association.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=176}}

He stood unsuccessfully for the Heretaunga electorate in {{NZ election link year|1954}} and {{NZ election link year|1957}}.^[1] When his father-in-law retired from the Otaki electorate at the {{NZ election link|1960}}, McCready succeeded him.^[2] He represented the Otaki electorate until 1972, then the Manawatu electorate from {{NZ election link year|1972}} to 1978, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=214}}

He was a Cabinet Minister in the Second and Third National Government, including the position of Postmaster-General (1969–1972), Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1969–1972), Minister of Defence (1975–1978), and Minister of Police (1975–1978).{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=90, 95}}

In the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, McCready was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.^[3] McCready died on 8 August 2003, aged 86.^[4] He was survived by his wife and children.^[2]

Notes

1. ^{{cite book |ref = harv |last = Norton |first = Clifford |authorlink = |title = New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science |year = 1988 |publisher = Victoria University of Wellington |location = Wellington |isbn = 0-475-11200-8 }}
2. ^¹{{cite news | title=Former defence and police minister dies | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3517622 | accessdate=29 August 2015 | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=12 August 2003}}
3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52953 |date=13 June 1992 |page=31 |supp=y }}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Obituaries — Hon Allan McCready|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/debates/debates/47HansD_20030812_00000001/obituaries-%E2%80%94-hon-allan-mccready|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|accessdate=29 August 2015}}

References

{{cite book |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |authorlink = Barry Gustafson |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6}}
{{cite book | ref=harv | title=Who's Who in New Zealand | edition=11th | editor-first=James Edward | editor-last=Traue | date=1978 | publisher=Reed | location=Wellington}}
{{Cite book |ref=harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103}}

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