Peter Hyndman

{{Short description|Canadian politician and lawyer}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Peter Hyndman

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| birth_date ={{birth date|1941|10|9}}

| birth_place =Edmonton, Alberta

| death_date ={{death date and age|2006|9|6|1941|10|9}}

| death_place =Vancouver, British Columbia

| death_cause = Cancer

| constituency_AM1 = Vancouver South

| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative

| term_start1 = May 10, 1979

| term_end1 = May 5, 1983

| alongside = Stephen Rogers

| predecessor1 = William Gerald Strongman

| successor1 = Russell Fraser

| party = Liberal
Social Credit (1975-1983)
Progressive Conservative (1970-1975)

| religion =

| occupation = Lawyer

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Peter Stewart Hyndman (October 9, 1941– September 6, 2006[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=peter-stewart-hyndman&pid=19156333 Peter Hyndman Obituary]) was a Canadian politician and lawyer.

Hyndman graduated from law at the University of British Columbia and studied economics at Harvard University. He was the MLA for Vancouver South from 1979 to 1983, and was Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs from January 6, 1981 to August 10, 1982 in the cabinet of Bill Bennett. He was forced out of office by an expense-account scandal in 1982. Hyndman died of cancer at the age of 64.{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=d327012f-c11d-46ce-94fd-4a7c618d1da4&sponsor= |title=Former Vancouver MLA found success as lawyer |publisher=National Post |date=September 11, 2006 |accessdate=2012-02-04}}

The Vancouver Bar Association awards the Peter S. Hyndman Mentorship Award each year for a lawyer who has distinguished himself as a mentor to younger lawyers.{{cite web |url=http://www.cba.org/BC/pdf/awards/vba_award_10_22_10.pdf |title=Peter S. Hyndman Mentorship Award |publisher=Canadian Bar Association |accessdate=2012-02-04}}