Peter James Peterson (born February 22, 1953) is a
Canadian
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businessman and politician. Peterson was a
Member of Parliament
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for the riding of
Hamilton West, representing the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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.
A
stockbroker by profession, Peterson was elected in the
1984 Canadian federal election
The 1984 Canadian federal election was held on September 4, 1984, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada.
In one of the largest landslide victories in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservati ...
, and served as a backbencher. He was defeated by
Liberal
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Stan Keyes in the
1988 election. He challenged Keyes again unsuccessfully in the
1993 election.
Electoral record
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1953 births
Businesspeople from Ontario
Canadian stockbrokers
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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