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| Affiliation | New Democratic |
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| Name | Peter Stoffer |
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Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia , Canada |
| Email | stoffp@parl.gc.ca |
| Website | [Link] |
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January 06, 1956
(68 years)
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Modifed | IndyGeorgia
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| Info | Peter Arend Stoffer is a Canadian politician.
Stoffer is currently a member of the New Democratic Party caucus in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Sackville-Eastern Shore. Stoffer is a former manager. Stoffer is the current NDP critic of Fisheries and Oceans, Shipbuilding, Seniors, Veterans’ Affairs, Amateur Sport. He is a former critic of Canada Post Corporation, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, National Defence, and Veterans Affairs.
Stoffer is a populist, is considered to be on the right of the party and has been an advocate of Third Way policies championed by Tony Blair.
In 1997, he was first elected on former leader Alexa McDonough’s coattails. Peter Stoffer won his seat by a mere 56 votes. Subsequently, however Stoffer increased his margin of victory, and in the 2004 election, his plurality was over 6,000 votes. He was the only Nova Scotia NDP Member of Parliament elected in 1997 to have retained his seat, other than McDonough.
In Ottawa on Parliament Hill, Peter Stoffer has been consistently voted "Most Fun MP to work for" by The Hill Times newspaper, and is known for the "All Party, Party" – a non-partisan fundraiser for Canadian military families.
From time to time, Stoffer’s views have been known to clash with NDP positions and rumours continually surface about him crossing the floor to the Liberal Party. He is, however, critical of any MPs who cross the floor as that goes against the wishes of constituents when they voted; as such, he had repeatedly introduced a private member's bill banning party-hopping by Members of Parliament.
During the 2003 NDP leadership convention, Stoffer was the campaign co-chair to Lorne Nystrom, a former long serving NDP MP from Saskatchewan. Days before the leadership convention, Stoffer let it be known to the media that his second ballot intention was to move to support Manitoba MP Bill Blaikie. While Nystrom was viewed as a long shot to begin with, many attribute Stoffer’s comments as killing any hope Nystrom had of winning over delegates at the convention, as his campaign co-chair was already talking about switching allegiances. At the convention, Toronto city councillor Jack Layton was elected on the first ballot.
Peter Stoffer and Jack Layton are said to butt heads on many policy issues, particularly on issues concerning the Canadian Armed Forces. Publicly however, Stoffer has been a team player and is supportive of the current NDP leader.
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