17 Facts About Peter Penashue

Peter Penashue, is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Peter Penashue was elected as the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Labrador in the 2011 federal election.

Peter Penashue was the first centre-right MP to be elected from the riding of Labrador since 1968, and only the second ever to win it since Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949.

Peter Penashue unsuccessfully ran again in the riding in the 2015 federal election.

Peter Penashue was born in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Peter Penashue attended elementary and secondary school in Sheshatshiu before continuing his education in St John's, where he graduated from Brother Rice High School and pursued studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Peter Penashue assumed a number of leadership roles in the Labrador Innu community, from Land Claims Director, Executive Director and Financial Administrator with the Naskapi Montagnais Innu to Grand Chief of the Innu Nation.

Peter Penashue was elected President of the Innu Nation at the age of 26, and served as Grand Chief of the Innu Nation, for twelve years, from 1990 to 1997 and 1999 to 2004, and was the driving force behind the negotiation of the impacts-benefit agreement between the Innu Nation and the Voisey's Bay Nickel Company.

Peter Penashue was elected to the position of Deputy Grand Chief of the Innu Nation in Sheshatshiu in 2007 and stepped down on March 9,2010.

Peter Penashue was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 Canadian federal election, in the riding of Labrador.

Peter Penashue was the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada from May 18,2011 until his resignation on March 14,2013.

Peter Penashue's campaign took 28 ineligible campaign contributions totaling $27,850 in cash and $18,710 in in-kind contributions from Provincial Airlines for services provided.

Elections Canada deemed the contributions ineligible and Peter Penashue's campaign was forced to pay $26,850 on November 28,2012 and $18,710 on March 4,2013 to the Receiver General of Canada.

Peter Penashue stated he feels badly for his former official agent.

On September 3,2015, Peter Penashue was nominated as Conservative candidate in his former riding in the 2015 Canadian federal election, again running against Yvonne Jones.

Peter Penashue later served as one of two Innu Nation representatives on the Independent Expert Advisory Committee examining health concerns surrounding the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project.

In March 2024, Peter Penashue was arrested at a home in Shehsatshiu by the RCMP on undisclosed charges.