Peter Stoffer
| Peter Arend Stoffer | |
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Stoffer in the spring of 2007 at Lockview High School, Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs | |
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In office May 26, 2011 – November 19, 2015 |
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| Leader |
Jack Layton Nycole Turmel Thomas Mulcair |
| Preceded by | Kirsty Duncan |
| Succeeded by | Alupa Clarke |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sackville—Eastern Shore |
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In office June 28, 2004 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by |
Darrell Samson (Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook) |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore |
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In office June 2, 1997 – June 28, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
| Personal details | |
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January 6, 1956 Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Andrea Pottyondy |
| Residence | Fall River, Nova Scotia |
| Profession | Manager |
Peter Arend Stoffer (born January 6, 1956) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Sackville—Eastern Shore or its redistributed equivalents from the 1997 election until his defeat in the 2015 election. A member of the New Democratic Party, Stoffer served as the Official Opposition Critic for Veterans Affairs after his party became the official opposition after the 2011 election.
Stoffer is a populist and has been an advocate of Third Way policies championed by Tony Blair. He was affiliated with the internal party reform group NDProgress that successfully pushed the NDP to adopt a 'one member, one vote' system to choose its leader, and which has called for limits on union influence within the party.
Stoffer was born in Heerlen, Netherlands in 1956 and emigrated with his family to Canada the same year. His father worked in the coal mines, but after the mines closed down in 1956, Stoffer's family decided to move to Canada. His father became a mail carrier, his mother was a nurse and later they ran a group home for disabled youth. Stoffer is a former airline employee and union activist who was also vocal on environmental issues.
In the 1997 election, Stoffer won his seat, Sackville—Eastern Shore, by 39 votes. Subsequently, however, he increased his margin of victory, in the 2004 election, his plurality was over 6,000 votes. In 2006, he took 53 per cent of the vote, the second placed candidate was over 12,000 votes behind. He was the only Nova Scotia NDP Member of Parliament elected in 1997 to have retained his seat, other than McDonough.
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