Beeman, Peter

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Beeman, Peter

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1929-2000

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Peter Carruthers Hainault Beeman was Reeve of Kingston Township from 1975 to 1980. Born 6 November 1929 to William G. Beeman and Kathleen B. Carruthers in Kingston, Ontario, Beeman had a long and varied career. He served in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve from 1948-1949, was a news photographer and correspondent in Europe (1950-1953), South America (1953-1957) and the Eastern United States (1958-1960) and was a member of the Associacao Brasileira de Imprensa, U.N. Press Corps and White House Press. From 1960-1965, he worked as an Analytical Lab Technician for Dupont of Canada in Kingston, was a dairy farmer from 1966 to 1974 and owned and operated Cataraqui Bay Marina from 1975 to 1978.

Beeman's political career started in 1964, when he was appointed to the Kingston Township Planning Board and later Chair from 1968-1974. He was elected to Kingston Township Council for 1967-1968 and 1973-1974, elected Deputy Reeve 1975-1976, appointed Reeve in 1975, then elected Reeve in 1976 and 1979. In 1978, he was also elected Warden for Frontenac County. Beeman ran again for Reeve of Kingston Township in 1994, but lost to incumbent Isabelle Turner.

Beeman passed away in 2000.

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