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♂ James Scott Peterson
aliasJim Peterson
Record
49307 · 1429

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 2 9
Birth 30 July 1941
Age 82 years + 8 months
First mandate 18 February 1980 → 44 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 9 months ago (12 July 2007)
Special notes
None
 
James (Jim) Scott Peterson (1941– )
© Photo 2006 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ David R. Peterson (1943–) Brother  
⊕ Tim Peterson (1947–) Brother  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 23 1 29

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 36–37
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 55–60 11 Jun 1997 — 14 Jan 2002 4 7 3
2. CA 37–38
LIB
 1 Minister 62–64 12 Dec 2003 — 05 Feb 2006 2 1 24
 1. International Financial Institutions [Finance]
 2. International Trade [Foreign Affairs and International Trade]

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Roger Carter  m 
⊕ Chungsen (C.S.) Leung  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert E. Jarvis  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John M. Oostrom  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 63,355 Votes: 49,676 Participation: 78.41% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4497(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 2/5 19,848 39.95% -2,390 Winner:
PC
 22,238 44.77% Robert E. Jarvis
Eligible: 63,355 Votes: 47,186 Participation: 74.48% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4215(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 1/5 22,235 47.44% +4,708 Loser:
PC
 17,527 37.40% Robert E. Jarvis

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,235 Votes: 51,997 Participation: 79.71% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3934(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/4 22,063 42.82% -362 Winner:
PC
 22,425 43.52% John M. Oostrom
Eligible: inc. Votes: 51,509 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3639(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
47
LIB
 1/5 24,230 47.04% +1,883 Loser:
PC
 22,347 43.38% John M. Oostrom

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 67,520 Votes: 47,117 Participation: 69.78% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3346(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/9 28,622 61.26% +20,779 Loser:
PC
 7,843 16.79% John M. Oostrom

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 69,024 Votes: 46,989 Participation: 68.08% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3045(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/6 27,311 58.45% +17,268 Loser:
PC
 10,043 21.49% Norm Gardner

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,817 Votes: 44,311 Participation: 56.94% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2744(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/5 27,038 61.27% +19,627 Loser:
CA
 7,411 16.79% Kevyn Nightingale

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 82,856 Votes: 50,474 Participation: 60.92% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1163(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/6 30,855 61.39% +19,240 Loser:
CPC
 11,615 23.11% Jovan Boseovski

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 88,671 Votes: 55,658 Participation: 62.77% Candidacies: 4
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 854(F) — 1 Feb 2022 22:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 30,623 55.23% +14,369 Loser:
CPC
 16,254 29.32% Jovan Boseovski
After his election:
12 Jul 2007 65
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 1 year 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 93,027 Votes: 22,837 Participation: 24.55% Candidacies: 4
Federal
39		 Ontario
17 March 2008
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 10815(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 13,507 59.39% Martha Hall Findlay

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. James Scott (Jim) Peterson, P.C., M.P.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. James Scott (Jim) Peterson, C.P., député		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jim Peterson		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jim Peterson		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 22:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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