Keith Peterson
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The Honourable Keith Peterson MLA |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Cambridge Bay | |
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Assumed office February 16, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Kelvin Ng |
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February 2, 1956 Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Political party | non-partisan consensus government |
Alan Keith Peterson (born February 2, 1956) was born in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada and lives in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. He is the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Cambridge Bay having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election.
Peterson has resided permanently in Cambridge Bay since 1973. Peterson attended F.H. Collins Secondary school in Whitehorse and graduated from Sir John Franklin High School in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
Before becoming a MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Peterson was a two-term Mayor of Cambridge Bay, between January 2000 and December 2003. From March 2000 until December 2003 he served as the Kitikmeot Director on the Nunavut Association of Municipalities (NAM). He was subsequently elected by the Nunavut mayors as Vice-President, and then President of the NAM. He has been involved with municipal governments since first being elected in 1984 serving as either a Councillor or as Deputy Mayor.
During the 1980s Peterson was employed by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) in the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, delivering government business programs and services to individuals and businesses in the Kitikmeot.
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