"Leslie Raymond Peterson", Order of Canada/CM, Order of British Columbia/OBC is a lawyer, politician, and university chancellor in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

He was born in Viking, Alberta, the son of Herman S. Peterson, a native of Norway. Peterson was called to the British Columbia bar in 1949 and set up practice in Vancouver. In 1950, he married Agnes Rose Hine.

In 1955, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver Centre (provincial electoral district)/Vancouver Centre and served for 17 consecutive years.

He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Education and Minister of Labour and then was Attorney General of British Columbia from 1968 to 1972.

In 1978 he first became a member of the Board of Governors of University of British Columbia. He was elected the University's Chancellor in 1987.

He was appointed to the Order of British Columbia in 1990.

He was also appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2000.

More Leslie Peterson on Wikipedia.

In the American culture, most people live paycheck to paycheck.

289

I do think we're seeing the leading edge of the baby boomers. They're very smart, for the most part, and not impatient. It's often a two-, three-year process ... They come back in different seasons.

197

People need the help now. Easily, I could give out five times what I give out.

190

We live together. We ride together. It's our whole life.

146

She's got a strong desire to go on.

141