Ray Petten

'''Ray Petten''' (June 1, 1897 – February 16, 1961) was one of Newfoundland's first Senators as one of three appointees made to the Senate of Canada on August 17, 1949.

A customs broker and fish exporter's agent, he had been a supporter and chief fundraiser<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-bv8AVgdK1UC&dq=%22ray+petten%22&pg=PA54 ''Canadians at last: Canada Integrates Newfoundland as a Province''] By Raymond Benjamin Blake, page 54, (1994)</ref> of Joey Smallwood's Newfoundland Confederate Association which had campaigned for the former colony to join Canadian Confederation.<ref>"Senator Urged Newfoundland Join Canada", ''Globe and Mail'', February 18, 1961</ref>

In the 1950s he was treasurer of the Newfoundland Liberal Party.

His son, William Petten, was appointed to the Senate in 1968.

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