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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
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(CCF) member. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the son of Peter Ludwig Peterson and Johanna Asplund, both natives of
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, and was educated in
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, 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.


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1979 deaths People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians 1905 births {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub