Career
He was born in Kamloops, British Columbia in 1914 and had lived most of his life there. First elected as an alderman in 1960, he then served as mayor of Kamloops for three terms starting in 1966. During his term as mayor, Wing was also president of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.
Wing was also the first native-born mayor of Kamloops.
In 1999, the city of Kamloops renamed the Peter Wing Rotary Rose Garden in his honour. On 27 December 2007, Wing died at the age of 93 in Vancouver from a stroke.
