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David Peterson

The Honourable
David Peterson
PC OOnt LLB BA
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The Hon. David Peterson
20th Premier of Ontario
In office
June 26, 1985 – October 1, 1990
Monarch Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor John Black Aird
Lincoln Alexander
Preceded by Frank Miller
Succeeded by Bob Rae
Member of Provincial Parliament
In office
September 18, 1975 – September 6, 1990
Preceded by New riding
Succeeded by Marion Boyd
Constituency London Centre
25th Ontario Liberal Party Leader
In office
February 21, 1982 – September 6, 1990
Preceded by Stuart Smith
Succeeded by Robert Nixon
23rd Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature
In office
February 21, 1982 – June 26, 1985
Preceded by Robert Nixon
Succeeded by Frank Miller
Chancellor of the University of Toronto
In office
July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2012
Preceded by Vivienne Poy
Succeeded by Michael Wilson
Personal details
Born David Robert Peterson
(1943-12-28) December 28, 1943 (age 73)
Toronto, Ontario
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Shelley Peterson
Children 3
Residence London, Ontario
Alma mater University of Western Ontario
University of Toronto Faculty of Law

David Robert Peterson, PC OOnt (born December 28, 1943) was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years.

Peterson was born to Clarence Marwin Peterson (1913–2009) and Laura Marie Scott, and has two siblings, former MPP Tim Peterson and former MP Jim Peterson. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in political science and philosophy and his law degree from the University of Toronto. He was called to the bar in 1969.

At the age of twenty-six, he became president of C.M. Peterson Company Limited, a wholesale electronics firm founded by his father. He holds four Honorary degrees including a doctor of laws from the University of Western Ontario and is a knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France and a member of the Order of La Pléiade. In 2009, he became a member of the Order of Ontario.

Peterson married actress Shelley Matthews in 1974 and they have since raised three children. He is the younger brother of Jim Peterson, formerly a federal Liberal MP and cabinet minister. Both his sister-in-law Deb Matthews and Tim Peterson, a third brother, were elected to the Ontario legislature in the 2003 provincial election while Deb Matthews was re-elected in 2007 and 2011.


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