William Arnold Peters (May 14, 1922 in Uno Park, Ontario-September 17, 1996) was a Canadian politician. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He represented the riding of Timiskaming in the Canadian House of Commons from 1957 to 1980. An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based Timiskaming (later known as Timiskaming—French River) was a federal electoral district in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada, that was The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and He was originally elected as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which became the New Democratic Party in 1961. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF (French Fédération du commonwealth coopératif, then Parti social démocratique du Canada) was a Canadian Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots
Peters, a miner and union organizer, had been in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
In Parliament, Peters and his caucus colleague Frank Howard were responsible for reforming Canada's divorce laws. Frank Howard (born April 26, 1925) is a Canadian Trade unionist and Politician. In many provinces, divorce proceedings once had to be presented to Parliament for approval; Peters and Howard tried to show the ridiculousness of this by reading each divorce petition into the Commons record in great detail. Peters was also active in prison reform, and regularly lobbied for fairer treatment of non-unionized government employees. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of
In the 1980 election, Peters was defeated by Liberal candidate Bruce Lonsdale. The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political Bruce Lonsdale ( November 10, 1949 - January 22, 1982) was a Canadian politician Lonsdale died in office just two years later; Peters ran again in the resulting by-election, but was not re-elected. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant
On September 19, 1996, two days after his death, tributes to Peters were delivered in the House of Commons by Bill Blaikie, Diane Marleau and Ed Harper. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie, PC (born June 19, 1951) is the current Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons. Diane Marleau, PC, MP (born June 21 1943) is a Canadian politician Ed Harper (born April 9, 1931 in Toronto Ontario) is a former Canadian politician
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| Preceded by Ann Shipley |
Member of Parliament for Timiskaming 1957-1980 |
Succeeded by Bruce Lonsdale |
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