Peter Wong (Canadian politician)

Peter Wong (Canadian politician)

Peter Wong (1932-June 6, 1998) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1982 to 1991, and chair of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury from 1997 until his death the following year.

A civil engineer who served as a school trustee on the city's public school board, Wong took over the mayor's chair from Maurice Lamoureux, who had been appointed by city council following the resignation in 1981 of Jim Gordon. Wong was the city's first non-white mayor, and one of the first Chinese Canadian mayors anywhere in Canada.

His term as mayor was marked by efforts to diversify the city's mining-based economy. One of the most notable projects to take place during his term was the creation of Science North, an interactive science museum.

In the 1991 municipal elections, Gordon ran for mayor once again, and Wong was defeated.

In the 1997 municipal elections, the provincial government reformed the structure of the regional municipality, making the position of regional council chair a generally elected position for the first time. The position had previously been filled by a vote within council. Wong stood as a candidate and won, becoming the municipality's first elected regional chair. He died of a heart attack on June 6, 1998, after serving less than a year in that office.

On June 8, tributes to Wong were delivered in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by Rick Bartolucci and Shelley Martel, and on June 10, a tribute was delivered in the House of Commons by Ray Bonin.


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