Leslie Peterson
Leslie Peterson | |
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MLA for Vancouver Centre | |
In office 1955–1967 | |
MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain | |
In office 1967–1972 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Viking, Alberta | 6 October 1923
Political party | Social Credit Party of British Columbia |
Leslie Raymond Peterson, CM, OBC (born 6 October 1923) is a lawyer, politician, and university chancellor in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
He was born in Viking, Alberta, the son of Herman S. Peterson, a native of Norway.[1] Peterson was called to the British Columbia bar in 1949 and set up practice in Vancouver.[2] In 1950, he married Agnes Rose Hine.[1]
In 1955, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver Centre and served for 17 consecutive years.
He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Education and Minister of Labour[1] and then was Attorney General of British Columbia from 1968 to 1972.
In 1978 he first became a member of the Board of Governors of University of British Columbia. He was elected the University's Chancellor in 1987.
He was appointed to the Order of British Columbia in 1990.[2]
He was also appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2000.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Normandin, P G (1965). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1965.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Order of British Columbia biography
- ↑ Canada Gazette, March 31, 2001
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Robert Bonner |
Attorney General of British Columbia 1968–1972 |
Succeeded by Alex MacDonald |
Academic offices | ||
Preceded by W. Robert Wyman |
Chancellor of the University of British Columbia 1987–1993 |
Succeeded by Robert H. Lee |