Ambrose Hubert Peddle (8 October 1927 – 10 March 2014) was a

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politician. Born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Peddle worked for

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from 1945 to 1947 and Customs & Excise from 1947 to 1949. From 1949 to 1951, he worked for the Government of Canada's Unemployment Insurance Commission. From 1951 to 1963, he was a sales manager at a retail furniture and appliances store. From 1963 to 1975, he was the owner of Small Business Enterprises. From 1961 to 1966, he was Mayor of Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected to the

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

. As a Progressive Conservative, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of

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in the 1968 federal election and lost his reelection in

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. Appointed by the government of Premier Frank Moores, Peddle served as the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) for Newfoundland and Labrador from 1975 to 1990. He died in 2014.

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* 1927 births 2014 deaths Mayors of places in Newfoundland and Labrador Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs People from Corner Brook {{Newfoundland-mayor-stub