Peter Alan Stollery was born on November 29,1935 and is a former Canadian politician and businessman.
13 Facts About Peter Stollery
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Peter Stollery is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a Member of the National Liberal Club in London.
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Peter Stollery was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal candidate in the 1972 election for Spadina riding in Toronto defeating incumbent MP Perry Ryan who had left the Liberals and crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives.
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Peter Stollery was re-elected in the 1974,1979 and 1980 elections.
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Peter Stollery served for a time as chairman of the Liberal Caucus, and as parliamentary secretary to the Secretary of State and to the Minister of Communications.
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In 1981, Peter Stollery was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
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Trudeau wanted to open Peter Stollery's Spadina riding so his aide James Coutts could be elected to Parliament in a by-election.
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Peter Stollery retired from the Senate on November 29,2010, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, at which point he had served in Parliament for over 38 years, including more than 29 years in the Senate.
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Peter Stollery took part in numerous overseas delegations and assumed the position of Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Peter Stollery continued to serve on the committee as Vice-Chair until his retirement from the Senate.
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Peter Stollery has been involved with the Canada-Europe Interparliamentary Union.
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On May 29,2006, during a session of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, Peter Stollery criticized Hamid Karzai, then President of Afghanistan.
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In September 2006, Peter Stollery added that the limited presence of Canadian troops on the African continent was a result of military officials believing it was not as "sexy" as helping the US by fighting in Afghanistan.