Peter James Peterson (born February 22, 1953) is a

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businessman and politician. Peterson was a

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for the riding of Hamilton West, representing the

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC; french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) was a centre-right federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003. From Canadian Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the ...

. A stockbroker by profession, Peterson was elected in the

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, and served as a backbencher. He was defeated by

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Stan Keyes in the 1988 election. He challenged Keyes again unsuccessfully in the 1993 election.

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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 {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub