Michael Pitfield
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The Honourable P. Michael Pitfield PC, CVO |
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| Senator for Ottawa-Vanier, Ontario | |
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In office December 22, 1982 – June 1, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
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June 18, 1937 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Independent |
| Relations | Siblings: Robert Hartland Pitfield Sr (deceased, 2004) Ward C. Pitfield, Jr. |
Peter Michael Pitfield, PC OC CVO (born June 18, 1937) is a former Canadian Senator and senior civil servant.
He is the youngest son of the late Canadian financier Ward C. Pitfield and the late Grace MacDougall Pitfield. His brother, Ward C. Pitfield, Jr., was Chairman of the family Investment Banking firm, Pitfield, MacKay, Ross, which later became Dominion Securities, now the Investment arm of the Royal Bank of Canada. Another brother was stockbroker Robert Hartland Pitfield (d. 2004), father of Robert H. Pitfield Jr (married to former Toronto city councillor Jane Pitfield) His nephew, Ward Elcock is the former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and former Deputy Minister at the Department of National Defence (Canada).
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Pitfield graduated from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York at the age of 16. His SLU degree, in science, was followed by a degree in law from McGill University. He went to Ottawa to join the civil service in 1959 where he worked as an administrative assistant to Justice Minister E. Davie Fulton.
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