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[1] of Joey Smallwood's Newfoundland Confederate Association which had campaigned for the former colony to join Canadian confederation.[2]
In the 1950s he was treasurer of the Newfoundland Liberal Party.
His son, William Petten, was appointed to the Senate in 1968.
References
edit- ^ Canadians at last: Canada Integrates Newfoundland as a Province By Raymond Benjamin Blake, page 54, (1994)
- ^ "Senator Urged Newfoundland Join Canada", Globe and Mail, February 18, 1961
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