Harry Peters (ca. 1788 – 1870) was a merchant and political figure in the province of

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

, Canada. He represented the city of Saint John in the

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, ...

from 1816 to 1828. He was the son of James Peters and Margaret Lester. Peters was a merchant in Saint John. He replaced

Ward Chipman, Jr. Ward Chipman (July 10, 1787 – November 26, 1851) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in the pre-Confederation Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1787, the son of Ward Chipman and Elizabeth ...

as speaker for the legislature in 1826. Peters served as a member of the

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from 1828 to 1843 and was a member of the Executive Council from 1828 to 1832. He later moved to Gagetown where he died at the age of 82. His brother Charles Jeffery served as

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and his brother

Benjamin Lester Benjamin Lester (13 July 1724 – 25 January 1802) was a British politician and merchant involved in the Newfoundland fishery. He was born in Poole, England, the son of Rachell Taverner and Francis Lester, who was a merchant and also served as m ...

became mayor of Saint John. The community of Petersville, later expropriated during the expansion of

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, was named in his honour.http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1368

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''Foot-prints, or, Incidents in early history of New Brunswick : 1783-1883'', JW Lawrence (1883)
1870 deaths Businesspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Members of the Legislative Council of New Brunswick Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick Colony of New Brunswick people Year of birth uncertain {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub