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William Arnold Peters (May 14, 1922 – September 17, 1996) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Timiskaming in the House of Commons of Canada from 1957 to 1980. He was originally elected as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which became the New Democratic Party in 1961.

Peters, a hard rock miner and union organizer, served in the 124th Ferry Squadron in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He also ran in the 1953 election against Karl Eyre in the Timmins riding, but was not elected.

In Parliament, Peters and his caucus colleague Frank Howard were responsible for reforming Canada's divorce laws. 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. He also prepared a private member's bill in 1964 to decriminalize homosexuality in Canada, although the bill never made it to a vote in the House of Commons.[1]

In the 1980 election, Peters was defeated by Liberal candidate Bruce Lonsdale. Lonsdale died in office just two years later; Peters ran again in the resulting by-election, but was not re-elected.

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.

Electoral record

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Karl EYRE |align="right"|5,541 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Co-operative Commonwealth |Arnold PETERS |align="right"| 4,686 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |Maurice BÉLANGER |align="right"| 3,348 Шаблон:CANelec |}

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Co-operative Commonwealth |Arnold PETERS |align="right"|6,936 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Ann SHIPLEY |align="right"|6,896 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |C. Foster RICE |align="right"|5,645 Шаблон:End

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Co-operative Commonwealth |Arnold PETERS |align="right"|7,544 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |C. Foster RICE |align="right"|7,318 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Ted J. MIRON |align="right"|6,118 Шаблон:End

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |New Democratic Party |Arnold PETERS |align="right"|7,055 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |Joseph MAVRINAC |align="right"|6,053 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Ann SHIPLEY |align="right"|5,969 Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:End

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |New Democratic Party |Arnold PETERS |align="right"|7,356 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Mervyn LAVIGNE |align="right"|6,763 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |John CRAM |align="right"| 5,540 Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:End

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |New Democratic Party |Arnold PETERS |align="right"| 9,986 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Mervyn LAVIGNE |align="right"| 5,885 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |Bruce BESLEY |align="right"|3,823 Шаблон:End

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |New Democratic Party |Arnold PETERS |align="right"| 8,482 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Louis-R. VANNIER |align="right"| 7,728 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |George L. CASSIDY |align="right"|4,443 Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:End

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |New Democratic Party |Arnold PETERS |align="right"|11,327 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Dick DUFF |align="right"|7,768 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |Alf GUPPY |align="right"|3,317 Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:End

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |New Democratic Party |Arnold PETERS |align="right"|10,263 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Guy IANNUCCI |align="right"|6,598 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |Murray WATTS |align="right"| 4,615 Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:End Шаблон:1979 Canadian federal election/Timiskaming

Шаблон:Canadian election result/top |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Bruce LONSDALE |align="right"| 11,135 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |New Democratic Party |Arnold PETERS |align="right"|10,661 Шаблон:Canadian party colour |Progressive Conservative |Grant SIROLA |align="right"|4,901 Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:End

Шаблон:1982 Canadian federal by-elections/Timiskaming

References

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External links

  1. Donald W. McLeod, Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: A Selected Annotated Chronology, 1964-1975. ECW Press, 1996. Шаблон:ISBN.