Peter Barter

{{Short description|Papua New Guinea politician (1940–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = Sir

|name = Peter Barter

|honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCL|OBE}}

|image = Peter Barter 080707-N-4928B-019 0X0B6.jpg

|caption = Barter in 2007

|office = Governor of Madang

|monarch =

|primeminister =

|term_start = 1997

|term_end = 2002

|predecessor =

|successor =

|birth_name = Peter Leslie Charles Barter

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|3|26}}

|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|6|21|1940|3|26}}

|death_place = Cairns, Queensland, Australia

|spouse = Lady Barter (Janet)

|education = Newington College

}}

Sir Peter Leslie Charles Barter {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCL|OBE}} (26 March 1940 – 21 June 2022) was an Australian-born, naturalised Papua New Guinean businessman and politician based in the Madang Province, where he owned and operated the Madang Resort.

He was Governor of Madang from 1997 to 2002 where he served as Minister for Health and Bougainville Affairs in the Papua New Guinean Government and was active in the reconciliation movement in Bougainville.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810045550/http://www.bougainville24.com/abg/sir-peter-barter-joins-panguna-planning-process/ Sir Peter Barter joins Panguna planning process]}} Retrieved 1 July 2016. He established the Melanesian Foundation in 1980, a not-for-profit organisation that invests in remote communities that have been hospitable to tourists.

He was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1952–1955){{cite book |publisher=Newington College |title=Register of Past Students 1863-1998 |location=Sydney |year=1999 |page=10 |isbn= }} before training as a commercial fixed-wing and helicopter pilot and flying for Qantas.[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=116895925&privcapId=115876261&previousCapId=115876261&previousTitle=Melanesian%20Tourist%20Services%20Ltd. Bloomberg] Retrieved 1 July 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.newington.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Biography_Peter_Barter_image.pdf |title=Sir Peter Barter (ON '57) Kt OBE |work=Newington Medalist 2009 |publisher=Newington College |date=n.d. |access-date=6 July 2022 }}

He was knighted in the 2001 New Year Honours, on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56074/supplement/35 London Gazette]. Retrieved 25 June 2017

Barter died in Cairns, Queensland, Australia at the age of 82 following a short illness.{{cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/sir-peter-barter-passes-on/|title=Sir Peter Barter passes on|work=Post Courier|date=22 June 2022 |accessdate=22 June 2022}}