Peter Wong (Canadian politician)
| Peter Wong | |
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| Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario | |
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In office 1982–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Maurice Lamoureux |
| Succeeded by | Jim Gordon |
| Chair of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury | |
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In office 1997–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Davies |
| Succeeded by | Doug Craig |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 8, 1931 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Died | June 6, 1998 (aged 66) Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Residence | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Occupation | engineer |
Peter Wong (July 8, 1931 – June 6, 1998) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1982 to 1991, and chair of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury from 1997 until his death the following year.
Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and raised in the village of Radville, Wong studied civil engineering at the University of Denver, graduating in 1954. He worked for Ontario's Department of Highways, and spent two years working on infrastructure projects in Thailand, before taking a job with Sudbury's municipal public works department. By the early 1980s he had been promoted to the city's senior engineer, as well as serving as a trustee on the Rainbow District School Board.
Wong was also an avid curler, and played second for the Northern Ontario team at the 1973 Macdonald Brier, on a team skipped by Don Harry. The rink went 3-7 at the event.
Wong and his wife Lynn had two children.
After losing his job with the city in a round of austerity measures incumbent mayor Maurice Lamoureux had implemented in early 1982, Wong successfully challenged Lamoureux for the mayoralty in that year's municipal election. He was the city's first non-white mayor, as well as the first Chinese Canadian mayor of a major Canadian city and only the third Chinese Canadian mayor ever elected in any municipality.
His term as mayor was marked by efforts to diversify the city's mining-based economy, as well as expansion of the city's extensive environmental remediation programs. Notable projects taking place during his term included the creation of Science North, an interactive science museum which launched in 1984, and the city's hosting of the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He also launched Action Sudbury, a municipal awareness campaign to combat drinking and driving, in 1984.
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