Peter Trites, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Member of Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
About Peter Trites
- Peter Gerald Trites (December 17, 1946 – May 13, 2010) was a former high school teacher and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada.
- He represented Saint John East in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1984 to 1991 as a New Democratic Party and then Liberal member. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, the son of Gerald L.
- Trites and Elizabeth P.
- Campbell.
- He was educated at the University of New Brunswick.
- In 1973, Trites married Deborah Smith.
- He was first elected to the provincial assembly as a member of the New Democratic Party in a 1984 by-election held after Gerald Merrithew resigned his seat to run for a seat in the House of Commons.
- He crossed the floor to sit as a Liberal prior to the 1987 election.
- Trites was named to the province's Executive Council as Minister of Housing in 1987.
- He declined to run for re-election in 1991. In 1992, Trites was elected to Saint John City Council as a city councillor and served in that regard until 2004.
- In 2005, CBC Radio found that Trites was working at an Old Navy store in Saint John.
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