# Peter Elzinga

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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1944–2023)}}
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{{for|the Dutch archer|Peter Elzinga (archer)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable)
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|size=100%}}
| image            = File:Peter Elzinga.jpg
| caption          = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1944|04|06}}
| birth_place      = [Edmonton, Alberta](/source/Edmonton%2C_Alberta), Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2023|11|08|1944|04|06}}
| death_place      = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| constituency_MP  = [Pembina](/source/Pembina_(Alberta_federal_electoral_district))
| parliament       = Canadian
| term_start       = 1974
| term_end         = 1986
| predecessor      = [Daniel Hollands](/source/Daniel_Hollands)
| successor        = [Walter van de Walle](/source/Walter_van_de_Walle)
| office2          = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) for [Sherwood Park](/source/Sherwood_Park_(electoral_district))
| term_start2      = May 8, 1986
| term_end2        = June 14, 1993
| predecessor2     = ''Riding established''
| successor2       = [Bruce Collingwood](/source/Bruce_Collingwood)
| office3          = Alberta Minister of Agriculture
| term_start3      = May 26, 1986
| term_end3        = April 13, 1989
| predecessor3     = [LeRoy Fjordbotten](/source/LeRoy_Fjordbotten)
| successor3       = [Ernie Isley](/source/Ernie_Isley_(politician))
| premier3         = [Don Getty](/source/Don_Getty)
| office4          = Alberta Minister of Economic Development and Trade
| term_start4      = April 14, 1989
| term_end4        = December 14, 1992
| predecessor4     = [Larry Shaben](/source/Larry_Shaben)
| successor4       = [Donald H. Sparrow](/source/Donald_H._Sparrow)
| premier4         = Don Getty
| office5          = Deputy Premier of Alberta
| term_start5      = December 15, 1992
| term_end5        = June 29, 1993
| predecessor5     = [Jim Horsman](/source/Jim_Horsman)
| successor5       = [Ken Kowalski](/source/Ken_Kowalski)
| premier5         = [Ralph Klein](/source/Ralph_Klein)
| office6          = Alberta Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs
| term_start6      = December 15, 1992
| term_end6        = June 29, 1993
| predecessor6     = Jim Horsman
| successor6       = Ralph Klein
| premier6         = Ralph Klein
| party            = [Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Alberta)
| other_party      = [Progressive Conservative Party of Canada](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada)
| occupation       = 
| alma_mater       = 
| website          = 
}}

'''Peter Elzinga''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} (April 6, 1944 – November 8, 2023) was a Canadian politician. He was the executive director of the [Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Alberta), a [member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)), and cabinet minister in the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Peter Elzinga |url=https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glenwood/obituaries/peter-elzinga/114616.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115213308/https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glenwood/obituaries/peter-elzinga/114616.html |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=www.arbormemorial.ca}}</ref>

Elzinga was born in Edmonton, the son of Susan Laanstra and Peter Elzinga.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hHwAAAAMAAJ&q=Peter+Elzinga+1944 | title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien | date=1989 }}</ref> A farmer and rancher by training, Elzinga was first elected to the House of Commons as the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) in the [1974 federal election](/source/1974_Canadian_federal_election) representing [Pembina](/source/Pembina_(Alberta_electoral_district)).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Elzinga |url=https://canadianelectionsdatabase.ca/PHASE5/?p=0&type=person&ID=12311  |last=Sayers |first=Anthony |date=2017 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |website=canadianelectionsdatabase.ca |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007131241/http://canadianelectionsdatabase.ca/PHASE5/?p=0&type=person&ID=12311 |archive-date=October 7, 2022}}</ref> He served as president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1986 and was chair of the [1983 PC leadership convention](/source/Progressive_Conservative_leadership_convention%2C_1983).<ref name=":0" />

Elzinga resigned his seat in the House of Commons to run in the [1986 Alberta provincial election](/source/1986_Alberta_general_election). He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as the member for [Sherwood Park](/source/Sherwood_Park_(electoral_district)) and joined the cabinet of [Don Getty](/source/Don_Getty) as [minister of agriculture](/source/List_of_Alberta_provincial_ministers). In April 1989, he became minister of economic development and trade, a post he held until December 1992.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Member Information |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/members/members-of-the-legislative-assembly/member-information?mid=0593 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |publisher=[Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta)}}</ref>

Elzinga co-chaired [Ralph Klein](/source/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](/source/List_of_Alberta_provincial_ministers).<ref name=":1" /> Elzinga did not run for re-election in [1993 provincial election](/source/1993_Alberta_general_election). He chaired the PC Party's election campaign that year, and the subsequent campaigns in the [1997](/source/1997_Alberta_general_election), [2001](/source/2001_Alberta_general_election) and [2004 provincial elections](/source/2004_Alberta_general_election). Elzinga returned from the private sector to serve as Klein's chief of staff from 1998 to 2004.<ref name=":0" />

In 2018, Elzinga joined Atlas Growers as Chairman of the Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line--> |url=https://www.todayville.com/edmonton/107744-2/ |title=Peter Elzinga appointed Board Chair of Atlas Growers |type=Press release |date=May 15, 2018 |website=Todayville Edmonton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116063918/https://www.todayville.com/edmonton/107744-2/ |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |access-date=November 17, 2023}}</ref>

Elzinga died on November 8, 2023, at the age of 79.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.albertapc.ab.ca/admin/docx/launch.cfm?ItemId=2315 Alberta PC article] on Elzinga{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=15327}}
* [http://www.atlasgrowers.com www.atlasgrowers.com]

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| before=[Daniel Hollands](/source/Daniel_Hollands)
| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Pembina](/source/Pembina_(Alberta_electoral_district))
| years=1974–1986
| after=[Walter van de Walle](/source/Walter_van_de_Walle)
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| title=[MLA](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly) for [Sherwood Park](/source/Sherwood_Park_(electoral_district))
| years=1986–1993
| after=[Bruce Collingwood](/source/Bruce_Collingwood)
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Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Category:Canadian political consultants
Category:Canadian ranchers
Category:Farmers from Alberta
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada

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