James Scott "Jim" Peterson, PC (born July 30, 1941) is a retired Canadian politician and former Minister of International Trade. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he has a DCL from McGill University, a Master of Laws from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario. As well he has diplomas from Hague Academy of International Law in The Hague and La Sorbonne in Paris.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:abstract
  • James Scott "Jim" Peterson, PC (born July 30, 1941) is a retired Canadian politician and former Minister of International Trade. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he has a DCL from McGill University, a Master of Laws from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario. As well he has diplomas from Hague Academy of International Law in The Hague and La Sorbonne in Paris. As a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons he represented the riding of Willowdale in Toronto. Peterson first ran as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the 1979 election but was defeated. He ran again in the 1980 election and won, serving as a backbencher under Pierre Trudeau and as a parliamentary secretary from 1981 to 1983. He supported John Turner's successful bid to succeed Trudeau in the 1984 Liberal leadership contest but lost his seat in the 1984 election. He was returned to Parliament as a result of the 1988 election and was re-elected in each subsequent election until his retirement in 2007. In 1997, Jean Chrétien appointed him to the Ministry as Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), but Peterson was sent back to the backbench in 2002. He returned to serve in the cabinet of Paul Martin, whom Peterson had long supported. Peterson first came to public attention in 1974 when he helped ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov defect from the Soviet Union during a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet in Toronto. Jim Peterson is the brother of former Ontario Premier David Peterson. Another brother, Tim Peterson, was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal, but was defeated as a Progressive Conservative. His sister-in-law, Deb Matthews is a Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament. He was mentioned as a potential interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, following the resignation of Paul Martin, however, Bill Graham was named to the position. Peterson did not take a critic's portfolio in the Liberal Party's Shadow Cabinet formed by Graham or by Martin's permanent successor, Stéphane Dion. He and his brother David supported Michael Ignatieff for the Liberal party leadership. On March 8, 2007, Peterson announced that he would not be a candidate in the next federal election. Former Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay was appointed as the Liberal candidate in his riding. On June 20, 2007, he announced his resignation from the House of Commons, which took effect July 12. On November 20, 2007, Peterson joined the international law firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin as counsel. On December 20, the Hon. Sandra Pupatello, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development and Trade, appointed Peterson as Ontario's Chief Negotiator in the Quebec/Ontario trade, investment and labour mobility negotiations.
  • L'honorable James Scott (Jim) Peterson, est un homme politique canadien. Il fut député à la Chambre des communes du Canada, représentant la circonscription ontarienne de Willowdale depuis 1988 sous la bannière du Parti libéral du Canada. Peterson acquiert la notoriété à l'échelle nationale en 1974 lorsqu'il aide le danseur russe Mikhaïl Barychnikov à fuir l'Union soviétique pendant sa tournée canadienne. D'abord élu aux communes en 1980, il est défait lors de l'élection de 1984. Il est de nouveau réélu dans sa circonscription en 1988, et a été réélu à chaque élection subséquente. En 1997 il est nommé secrétaire d'État par Jean Chrétien, mais il est renvoyé à l'arrière-banc en 2002. Il revient servir dans le cabinet de Paul Martin, qu'il avait longtemps appuyé. Il est le frère de l'ancien premier ministre ontarien David Peterson. Un autre frère, Tim Peterson, siège actuellement à l'Assemblée législative de l'Ontario. Précédé par Title=Jim Peterson;ns=0/Main/;language:wiki=fr,locale=fr Suivi par Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada John Oostrom' Député de Willowdale 1988-2007 Parti liberal du Canada Martha Hall Findlay' Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada Bob Jarvis' Député de Willowdale 1980-1984 Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada John Oostrom'
dbpedia-owl:activeYearsEndDate
  • 2007-07-12 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:birthDate
  • 1941-07-30 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:birthPlace
dbpedia-owl:party
dbpedia-owl:residence
dbpedia-owl:successor
dbpprop:alternativeNames
  • Peterson, James Scott
dbpprop:birthDate
  • 1941-07-30 (xsd:date)
dbpprop:birthPlace
dbpprop:dateOfBirth
  • 1941-07-30 (xsd:date)
dbpprop:dateOfDeath
  • living
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:name
  • Peterson, Jim
  • Hon. James Scott Peterson
dbpprop:party
dbpprop:partyColour
  • Liberal
dbpprop:placeOfBirth
dbpprop:post
dbpprop:post1followed
dbpprop:post1preceded
dbpprop:post1years
  • 1997 (xsd:integer)
  • 2003 (xsd:integer)
dbpprop:predecessor
dbpprop:profession
  • Author, barrister and solicitor, lawyer, professor of law
dbpprop:residence
dbpprop:riding
dbpprop:shortDescription
  • Canadian politician
dbpprop:spouse
  • Heather Johnston
dbpprop:successor
dbpprop:termEnd
  • 1984 (xsd:integer)
  • 2007-07-12 (xsd:date)
dbpprop:termStart
  • 1980 (xsd:integer)
  • 1988 (xsd:integer)
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:wordnet_type
dc:description
  • Canadian politician
dcterms:subject
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • James Scott "Jim" Peterson, PC (born July 30, 1941) is a retired Canadian politician and former Minister of International Trade. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he has a DCL from McGill University, a Master of Laws from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario. As well he has diplomas from Hague Academy of International Law in The Hague and La Sorbonne in Paris.
  • L'honorable James Scott (Jim) Peterson, est un homme politique canadien. Il fut député à la Chambre des communes du Canada, représentant la circonscription ontarienne de Willowdale depuis 1988 sous la bannière du Parti libéral du Canada. Peterson acquiert la notoriété à l'échelle nationale en 1974 lorsqu'il aide le danseur russe Mikhaïl Barychnikov à fuir l'Union soviétique pendant sa tournée canadienne. D'abord élu aux communes en 1980, il est défait lors de l'élection de 1984.
rdfs:label
  • Jim Peterson
owl:sameAs
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasDerivedFrom
foaf:givenName
  • Jim
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
foaf:name
  • Jim Peterson
  • Hon. James Scott Peterson
foaf:surname
  • Peterson
is dbpedia-owl:author of
is dbpedia-owl:leader of
is dbpedia-owl:successor of
is dbpedia-owl:wikiPageRedirects of
is dbpprop:leader of
is dbpprop:post1followed of
is dbpprop:post1preceded of
is dbpprop:post3followed of
is dbpprop:predecessor of
is dbpprop:successor of
is dbpprop:writer of
is dbpprop:writtenby of
is owl:sameAs of
is foaf:primaryTopic of