Background
Peters, Douglas Dennison was born on March 3, 1930 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Wilfrid Seymour and Mary Gladys (Dennison) Peters.
Peters, Douglas Dennison was born on March 3, 1930 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Wilfrid Seymour and Mary Gladys (Dennison) Peters.
Bachelor Commerce, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in Financial and Commerce, University Pennsylvania, 1969.
After serving as chief economist and senior vice-president of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, Peters entered politics in the 1993 election. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Peters to the position of Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions too. Peters retired from politics at the 1997 election.
In 1979, Peters and Arthur Donner wrote a book titled "The Monetarist Counter-revolution: A Critique of Canadian Monetary Policy, 1975-1979." Douglas Peters and David Wilfrid Peters authored an article titled "Reforming Canada"s Financial Services Sector: What Needs to Follow from Bill C8,” that appeared in the December 2001 issue of the Canadian Public Policy journal.
According to author Linda McQuaig, Peters took a Keynesian economic prescription to government, and decided to leave politics when he found that his views were largely ignored.
He was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Scarborough East.
Married Audrey Catherine Clark, June 26, 1954. Children: David Wilfrid, Catherine Elaine Peters Gilchrist.