Arnold Peters (politician)

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William Arnold Peters (born May 14, 1922 in Uno Park Ontario , † September 17, 1996 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian politician of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and later the New Democratic Party (NDP). For both parties, he represented the constituency of Timiskaming in northeastern Ontario in the Canadian lower house and acted as chairman of the local party. Peters was best known for his progressive activism and was active in parliament for the legalization of homosexuality, criminal law reforms and better pay for civil servants.

Life

Peters grew up on a farm before working in a gold mine. He took part in the Second World War as a soldier in the Royal Canadian Air Force and began his political career after his return to civilian life, in which he was initially active as a union official .

Political career

After Peters first ran for the CCF in Timmins for the Canadian lower house in 1953 and was defeated there by Karl Eyre of the Liberal Party , he was able to win the mandate for his party in the constituency of Timiskaming in the elections in 1957 and 1958 . In his faction, he rose quickly in the hierarchy and has been working as a whip for the CCF faction since the 1958 election .

When in 1959 the board of directors of the CCF proposed a union with the Canadian Labor Congress , Peters, along with other prominent Ontario CCF politicians such as Douglas Fisher , opposed such a process because they feared such a new party would fail. Such reservations about the unification process, primarily due to a negative attitude towards the unions, led the CCF in Timiskaming, led by Peters, to consider withdrawing from it and to run as a CCF independently and in competition with the NDP. The initial reluctance of the CCF Timiskaming to run under the label of the NDP should, however, accelerate the unification process at the national level, after sticking to the old name failed to convince with positive results.

After the merger took place in 1961 to form the NDP, he was also able to defend the mandate for this in the elections in 1962 , 1963 , 1965 , 1968 , 1972 , 1974 and 1979 , before losing to Bruce Lonsdale from the Liberal Party in 1980 . After Lonsdale died in 1982, Peters reapplied for the mandate, but could only come third in this election behind John MacDaugall , who represented the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada , and Pierre Bélangere from the Liberal Party. Thereupon Peters retired from active politics.

Appreciation

In memory of Peters, the Northern College in northern Ontario has been awarding the "Arnold Peters Memorial Scholarship" since 2008 to two socially committed students from his constituency, Timiskaming.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Rick Owen: Scholarship honors memory of former MP Arnold Peters , Northern News. November 14, 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2018 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 14, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.northernnews.ca 
  2. ^ Azoulay, Dan (1997): "Keeping the Dream Alive: The Survival of the Ontario CCF / NDP, 1950-1963", McGill-Queen's Press. P. 171
  3. ^ Azoulay, Dan (1997): "Keeping the Dream Alive: The Survival of the Ontario CCF / NDP, 1950-1963", McGill-Queen's Press. P. 172
  4. ^ MacDonald, Donald C. (1998): "The Happy Warrior," Toronto: Dundurn Press. P. 110
personal data
SURNAME Peters, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peters, William Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician (CCF / NDP)
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Uno Park , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1996
Place of death Ottawa