Steve Peters (Manitoba politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Steve Peters (Manitoba politician)
- Stephen "Steve" Peters (December 27, 1912 – November 29, 1976) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Manitoba legislature from 1958 to 1966, as a representative of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and its successor, the New Democratic Party.Peters was born in Winnipeg.
- The son of John Peters, he was educated at Winnipeg and the neighbouring suburb of Elmwood (later a part of the amalgamated city of Winnipeg), and worked for several years as a mechanic.
- Peters served in the Canadian military during World War II.
- He worked for Canada Packers, retiring in 1975.
- In 1939, Peters married Doris Marjorie Greustad.
- He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal-Progressive MLA Alexander Turk in the newly created riding of Elmwood, by a margin of about 800 votes. Peters faced a strong challenge from Progressive Conservative candidate Emerson Snyder in the 1959 general election (in which the PCs won a majority government under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin).
- Peters was re-elected, but his majority was reduced to under 200 votes; Turk finished a distant third.
- Peters again faced a difficult re-election in 1962; he was again victorious, but the difference between himself and the third-place candidate was less than three hundred votes. Peters's electoral strength in Elmwood was based on his strong connection to unionized labour in the community.
- He resigned from the legislature in 1966; the riding was subsequently held by Russell Doern, who turned it into a safer seat for the NDP. He died in Winnipeg at the age of 63.
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