Frederick Halliday Peacock (November 23, 1916 – February 15, 2010) was a businessman and former provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1971 until 1979.

Political career

Peacock was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

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. He defeated long time

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incumbent Frederick Colborne, to win the new electoral district of Calgary Currie for the Progressive Conservatives. Peacock was re-elected with a landslide majority in the 1975 Alberta general election defeating three other candidates. During his time in office he served as Minister of Development and Trade.

Later life

Peacock is a current member of the

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of Calgary South. He is also a current member of the board of directors for the

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's The Van Horne Institute. He is also President of Peacock Holdings Limited

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1916 births 2010 deaths Businesspeople from Calgary Members of the Executive Council of Alberta Politicians from Calgary Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub