Background
PITFIELD, Peter was born on June 18, 1937 in Montreal, P.Q. Son of late Ward C. and Grace MacDougall Pjtfield.
PITFIELD, Peter was born on June 18, 1937 in Montreal, P.Q. Son of late Ward C. and Grace MacDougall Pjtfield.
St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, McGill University and University of Ottawa.
Assistant to Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada 1959-1960. Secretary and Executive Director Royal Commission, on. Assistant Secretary to Cabinet 1966-1969.
Deputy Secretary 1969-1971, Senior Deputy Secretary and Deputy Clerk of Privy Council 1971-1973. Deputy Minister of Consumer and Corporation Affairs and Deputy Registrar-General of Canada 1973-1975. Secretary to Cabinet and Clerk of Privy Council 1975-1979, 1980-1982.
Professor Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 1979-1980. Chairman Special Committee on Canadian Security Intelligence Service 1983. Canadian Representative at United Nations General Assembly 1983.
Director La Presse, Great West Life Assurance, Montreal Trust, Power Corporation & Power Financial Corporation 1984. Trustee, Twentieth Century Fund since 1983.
Senate December since 1982. Council Institute Institute of Strategic Studies, London since 1984.
Squash, reading.
Married Nancy E. Snow in 1971.