Biographical Data
Pitfield, Peter Michael If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Senator The Honorable
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Birth	18/06/1937	Death	(nk)
Place	Montreal	Place	(nk)
Area	QC	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

 

Titles
Honours	CVO.
Awards	PC.
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Biography
After his naval service he was the youngest ever Clerk of the Privy Council (Prime Minister Trudeau's Deputy Minister) he was the key person to engineer the patriation of the Constitution in 1982 which included the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He served from the mid 1980s until 2002 as vice chairman of Power Corporation, and was a Director Emeritus of the company.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a direct entry Naval Cadet RCN(R) 1958. He served in HMCS Carleton for UNTD 1958. He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Communications Course 1960. (He was released.)

 

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References
http://www.angelfire.com/on2/UNTD/; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD);
Last update
2010-11-24 00:00:00

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