The Honourable John Foster McCreight (1827-November 18, 1913) was a jurist and the first Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Wikipedia
M cCREIGHT , JOHN FOSTER , lawyer, politician, and judge; b. 1827 in Caledon (Northern Ireland), son of James McCreight, a Church of Ireland clergyman, and Elizabeth Foster; d.18Nov.1913 in Hastings, England. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41699
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