He was born at Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia and attended Fort Street Public School before becoming an apprentice carpenter at the age of fourteen.
[4] He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Central Cumberland at the 1893 by-election.
[8] Dean was pardoned after a Royal Commission, but subsequently confessed and was convicted of perjury.
At the time of his appointment, McCredie was an architect and consulting engineer with offices in the Mutual Life of New York Building in Martin Place.
[11] McCredie died at Guildford on 4 February 1903 (aged 44), leaving a widow and eight children.