Peter Hyndman | |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1941 |
Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta |
Death Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Death Cause: | Cancer |
Constituency Am1: | Vancouver South |
Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
Term Start1: | May 10, 1979 |
Term End1: | May 5, 1983 |
Alongside: | Stephen Rogers |
Predecessor1: | William Gerald Strongman |
Successor1: | Russell Fraser |
Party: | Liberal Social Credit (1975-1983) Progressive Conservative (1970-1975) |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Peter Stewart Hyndman (October 9, 1941 - September 6, 2006[1]) was a Canadian politician and lawyer.
Hyndman graduated from law at the University of British Columbia and studied economics at Harvard University. He was the MLA for Vancouver South from 1979 to 1983, and was Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs from January 6, 1981 to August 10, 1982 in the cabinet of Bill Bennett. He was forced out of office by an expense-account scandal in 1982. Hyndman died of cancer at the age of 64.[2]
The Vancouver Bar Association awards the Peter S. Hyndman Mentorship Award each year for a lawyer who has distinguished himself as a mentor to younger lawyers.[3]