Peter Fenton

Peter Fenton (May 12, 1886 – October 5, 1953) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1930 to 1932. He was the 17th mayor of Sudbury since its incorporation in 1893, and the first mayor of Sudbury after it was granted city status in 1930. On November 27, 1929 he was acclaimed mayor of the city due to the lack of candidates running for office in the 1929 election. In 1930 he stood again for mayor. During the election campaign he promised to build a new town hall and a subway under the Elm Street rail line, along with improving the local utilities in conjunction with municipal services. His campaign slogan was "Sudbury is a progressive city; we should be optimists and boasters, not pessimists and knockers".

Fenton was widely regarded as a populist mayor and a worthy political opponent. On December 1, 1930, he won the election with 1,373 votes, the largest win in a municipal election in Sudbury at that time. Sudbury City Council 1931 Fournier Ward McCormick Ward Ryan Ward J. B. Ducharme Earl A. Martin Dan Jessup W. L. Laforest J. Fred Woods William J. Cullen Paul Savard J. Newburn A. Gustiana

City Council 1932 The following is the list of Aldermen who served with Mayor Fenton on Sudbury's City Council in 1932.

Sudbury City Council 1932 Fournier Ward McCormick Ward Ryan Ward W. J. Boivin W. Marr Brodie Dan Jessup Paul Savard C. Carrington D. H. Andress Oscar Noel DeTilly J. D. McInnes W. J. Barager

Books Dorian, Charles (1961). The First 75 Years, A Headline History of Sudbury, Canada. Arthur H. Stockwell Limited, Ilfracombe, Devon. Wallace, C. M.; & Thomson, Ashley (Eds.) (1993). Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital (3rd ed.). Dundurn Press. .