Robert W. Peterson (19 October 1937 – 4 November 2020) was a
Canadian Liberal senator
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from
Saskatchewan. He was appointed to the Senate by
Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 24, 2005.
Peterson was an entrepreneur, professional engineer and community activist. He was the chief operating officer of Denro Holdings Ltd, and sat on the
board of directors
A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...
for General Properties Ltd and
Cameco Corporation, a position he has held since 1994.
Peterson received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the
University of Saskatchewan.
Peterson died on 4 November 2020 in Regina.
References
External links
CBC News article about new senators*
1937 births
2020 deaths
Canadian senators from Saskatchewan
Liberal Party of Canada senators
21st-century Canadian politicians
University of Saskatchewan alumni
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