The Honourable
Peter Elzinga
ECA
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Pembina
In office
1974–1986
Preceded byDaniel Hollands
Succeeded byWalter van de Walle
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Sherwood Park
In office
May 8, 1986 – June 14, 1993
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byBruce Collingwood
Alberta Minister of Agriculture
In office
May 26, 1986 – April 13, 1989
PremierDon Getty
Preceded byLeRoy Fjordbotten
Succeeded byErnie Isley
Alberta Minister of Economic Development and Trade
In office
April 14, 1989 – December 14, 1992
PremierDon Getty
Preceded byLarry Shaben
Succeeded byDonald H. Sparrow
Deputy Premier of Alberta
In office
December 15, 1992 – June 29, 1993
PremierRalph Klein
Preceded byJim Horsman
Succeeded byKen Kowalski
Alberta Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
December 15, 1992 – June 29, 1993
PremierRalph Klein
Preceded byJim Horsman
Succeeded byRalph Klein
Personal details
Born(1944-04-06)April 6, 1944
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
DiedNovember 8, 2023(2023-11-08) (aged 79)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Peter Elzinga ECA (April 6, 1944 – November 8, 2023) was a Canadian politician. He was the executive director of the Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party, a member of Parliament, and cabinet minister in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.[1]

Elzinga was born in Edmonton, the son of Susan Laanstra and Peter Elzinga.[2] A farmer and rancher by training, Elzinga was first elected to the House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative in the 1974 federal election representing Pembina.[3] He served as president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1986 and was chair of the 1983 PC leadership convention.[1]

Elzinga resigned his seat in the House of Commons to run in the 1986 Alberta provincial election. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as the member for Sherwood Park and joined the cabinet of Don Getty as minister of agriculture. In April 1989, he became minister of economic development and trade, a post he held until December 1992.[4]

Elzinga co-chaired Ralph Klein's successful bid to win the leadership of the Alberta PC Party in 1992, and subsequently became deputy premier and minister of federal and intergovernmental affairs.[4] Elzinga did not run for re-election in 1993 provincial election. He chaired the PC Party's election campaign that year, and the subsequent campaigns in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 provincial elections. Elzinga returned from the private sector to serve as Klein's chief of staff from 1998 to 2004.[1]

In 2018, Elzinga joined Atlas Growers as Chairman of the Board of Directors.[5]

Elzinga died on November 8, 2023, at the age of 79.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Peter Elzinga". www.arbormemorial.ca. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Sayers, Anthony (2017). "Peter Elzinga". canadianelectionsdatabase.ca. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Member Information". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Peter Elzinga appointed Board Chair of Atlas Growers". Todayville Edmonton (Press release). May 15, 2018. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
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