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About Peter Fenwick (politician)
- Peter Fenwick (born July 18, 1944) is a Canadian politician.
- He is a former leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party. Fenwick was born in St.
- Thomas, Ontario to Digby and Benoit Fenwick of Montreal and Stanbridge East.
- He and his wife Jennifer moved to Cape St George, Newfoundland in 1968 and had 6 children.
- His oldest son attended school at Notre Dame du Cap in the first early immersion French program in 1975 of which 5 of the 6 graduated. He is a former member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, representing the Menihek district, and the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party from 1981 to 1989.
- He was also the first member of the party to be elected to a seat in the House of Assembly. Fenwick was first elected in his riding in a 1984 by-election.
- He was re-elected in 1985.
- He did not run for re-election in 1989.
- While leader of the party in 1986, he was arrested along with union representatives who participated in a strike by the Newfoundland Association of Public Employees (NAPE).In the 2000 federal election, Fenwick ran in the federal riding of Burin—St.
- George's for the Canadian Alliance Party, the predecessor of the Conservative Party, and came in fourth out five candidates. Fenwick has since become a high-profile journalist, columnist, and commentator. Fenwick opened, Inn at the Cape, a B&B in Cape St.
- George in 2002, and in 2006, became the president of the Newfoundland and Labrador B&B Association, a position he held until October 2009. Fenwick became the mayor of the Town of Cape St.
- George in September 2005 and was acclaimed to the position in September 2009.
- During his term as Mayor he served as the chair of the Southwest Coast Joint Municipal Council.
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