Peter Pollen (October 26, 1927 – January 3, 2017) was a

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politician from

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who was the mayor of

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from 1971 to 1975 and from 1981 to 1985. He was raised in Saskatchewan and Ontario and came to Victoria at the age of 34 to assist a local

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dealer. Instead, the dealer persuaded him to take over the dealership. Pollen ran unsuccessfully as the

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candidate in the 1968 by-election in

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. From 1985 to 1986, he was the leader of the

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. In 2011, the Hallmark Society, an association dedicated to heritage preservation in Victoria, presented Pollen with a merit award for "''his contributions to the heritage fabric of Victoria''". He died on January 3, 2017, at the age of 89.

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