McFarlane tells CHSJ News they were friends for over 30 years having met in Lancaster Minor Hockey and they later collaborated on election campaigns.
He calls McGraw a very close friend who he asked McGraw to run his political campaigns adding they had lunch together last week.
McFarlane says his strength was working behind the scenes adding he always wanted to help the people who could make a difference.
New Brunswick PC Party President Jason Stephen calls McGraw a bridge builder adding he was just made a lifetime member of the Saint John Lancaster riding at the party's AGM
last fall.
A funeral Mass will be held this Friday morning at St. Peter's Church on Clarendon Street beginning at 11:00.
Stephen also said McGraw always had good advice and he had a profound impact on this city.
