Peter Goldring
| Peter Goldring | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton East |
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In office June 2, 1997 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Judy Bethel |
| Succeeded by | Kerry Diotte |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 12, 1944 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party |
Reform (1997–2000) Canadian Alliance (2000–2003) Conservative (2003–2011, 2013–present) Independent (2011–2013) |
| Spouse(s) | Lorraine Goldring |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Profession | Business Manager |
Peter Goldring (born December 12, 1944) is a former Canadian federal politician.
Goldring was born in Toronto in 1944. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, from 1962 to 1965, as a military police officer.
After living in Ontario and Quebec he settled in Edmonton, in 1972.
Goldring was a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Edmonton East from 2004 to 2015, Edmonton Centre-East from 2000 to 2004, and Edmonton East from 1997 to 2000. He was also a member of the Reform Party of Canada, (1997–2000) and the Canadian Alliance (2000–2003). From 2003 until 2011, he was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada; he resigned from the Conservative caucus in December 2011 after he was charged with refusing to provide a breath sample using a roadside screening device. He has sat as an independent Member of Parliament before being welcomed back to the Conservative caucus in 2013. Goldring did not run for re-election in 2015 following a string of incidents, including a controversial press release in the wake of the November 2014 harassment accusations against fellow Liberal Members of Parliament, Scott Andrews and Massimo Pacetti, by unnamed New Democratic Party colleagues.
Goldring is a former businessman and manager. Goldring is the former official opposition critic of Veterans Affairs, Public Works and Government Services, and Public Housing.
In 2004, Goldring visited the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean to explore the possibility of annexation of the islands to Canada. In September of that year, Goldring was appointed as Foreign Affairs Critic for the Caribbean. A week after the passage of Hurricane Ivan over Grenada, Goldring visited the island as well as Barbados, St. Lucia, and Dominica, touring much of the destruction. Upon returning to Canada, Goldring pressed the government for much needed assistance.
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