Clifford Benjamin "Cliff" Peterson (June 20, 1905
– July 5, 1979
) was a farmer and political figure in
Saskatchewan. He represented
Kelvington from 1960 to 1964 in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...
(CCF) member.
He was born in
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the son of Peter Ludwig Peterson and Johanna Asplund, both natives of
Sweden
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, and was educated in
Robsart, Saskatchewan
Robsart is an unincorporated hamlet within the rural municipality of Reno No. 51, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Robsart had a population of 20 at the 2016 Canada Census (a 100% increase from 10 in the 2011 Canada Census). Robsart ...
,
where he moved with his family in 1910.
In 1932, he married Mabel Beatrice Eliason. Peterson lived in
Kuroki and was a director of the Kuroki Rural Telephone Company and president of the Kuroki Co-op Association.
References
1979 deaths
People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs
20th-century Canadian politicians
1905 births
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