Peter John Veniot, PC (October 4, 1863 – July 6, 1936) was a businessman and newspaper owner and a politician in New Brunswick, Canada.

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  • Peter John Veniot, PC (October 4, 1863 – July 6, 1936) was a businessman and newspaper owner and a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He was the first Acadian premier of the province of New Brunswick.He was born in Richibucto, New Brunswick but later moved to Pictou, Nova Scotia with his family. Veniot worked as a journalist and typographer for the Pictou Standard and then the Moncton Transcript. He then moved to Bathurst, where he became editor and later owner of the Courier des Provinces Maritimes. Veniot was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1894, but left politics in 1900 for a customs job. In 1912, he was hired to reorganize the Liberal Party of New Brunswick, and became a Member of the Legislative Assembly again in 1917. He served in the cabinet of Premier Walter Foster as Minister of Public Works. As Minister, Veniot was responsible for the creation of the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission and the modernization of the province's highway system. Veniot became Premier in 1923. He was a supporter of the Maritime Rights Movement, which advocated more power for the Maritime provinces in Canadian confederation. His government was defeated in 1925. Veniot resigned as provincial Liberal leader in 1926 in order to enter federal politics in the 1926 federal election. He served as Postmaster General in the cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King. In cabinet, Veniot advocated implementation of the Duncan Commission recommendations on alleviating Maritime alienation. Recommendations of freight-rate reductions and subsidy increases were implemented, but suggestions for subsidies based on fiscal need and transportation use to encourage regional development were ignored. Veniot remained a Member of Parliament until his death at his home in Bathurst in 1936. Married in 1885 to Catherine Melanson, their son Clarence Joseph was elected in the by-election held in the federal riding of Gloucester after his death and later served in the Canadian Senate. (en)
  • L'honorable Peter John Veniot, C.P. (né le 4 octobre 1863, décédé le 6 juillet 1936) était un journaliste et homme politique de la province canadienne du Nouveau-Brunswick. Il a été le premier Acadien à devenir premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick. (fr)
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  • Peter J. Veniot as Postmaster General (en)
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  • Catherine Melanson (en)
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  • Peter John Veniot, PC (October 4, 1863 – July 6, 1936) was a businessman and newspaper owner and a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. (en)
  • L'honorable Peter John Veniot, C.P. (né le 4 octobre 1863, décédé le 6 juillet 1936) était un journaliste et homme politique de la province canadienne du Nouveau-Brunswick. (fr)
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