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5 unusual facts about David Peterson


Champlain Hudson Power Express

TDI, whose board is chaired by former Ontario Premier David Peterson, is backed by Blackstone and was announced on February 23, 2010.

David Peterson

The second reason for Peterson's downfall was the Patti Starr scandal.

In 1999, Peterson found himself at the centre of controversy due to his membership on the board of YBM Magnex, a firm which was discovered to have links to the Russian mafia.

David William Warner

The Liberals under David Peterson were able to form a minority government with outside support from the NDP, and Warner served as his party's critic for Education and Skills Development over the next two years.

Jessie Baker

He has also worked stints with Marty Raybon and Full Circle, David Peterson, and Dove award winning Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad.


Deb Matthews

She is the sister of Shelley Peterson, wife of former Ontario Premier David Peterson, and the granddaughter of John Henry (Jack) Matthews, the former Mayor of Brantford, Ontario who ran as a CCF candidate.

Hershell Ezrin

In 1982, he left the federal government to work for the Ontario Liberal Party and subsequently served as Deputy Minister and Principal Secretary to Ontario Premier David Peterson.

Paddy Torsney

From 1985 to 1989, she worked as a special assistant to the office of David Peterson, the Liberal Premier of Ontario.

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

On Canada Day in 1992, which also marked the 125th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn appointed eighteen prominent Canadians to the Privy Council, including former Premier of Ontario David Peterson, retired hockey star Maurice Richard, and businessman Conrad Black.


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