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Peter Milliken
| Education |
|---|
| B.A. (Hons. Political Science and Economics) Queen's University Class of 1968 |
| B.A. Oxford University Class of 1970 |
| M.A. (Jurisprudence) Oxford University Class of 1978 |
| LL.B Dalhousie University Class of 1971 |
| Call to the Bar |
| 1973 |
Peter Milliken is our firm's Counsel where his extensive experience and judgment have placed him in a unique position to provide strategic advice and guidance on a broad range of issues that benefit our firm's clients.
Born and raised in Kingston, he is a graduate of Queen's University and Dalhousie University. Crossing the Atlantic, he also earned a MA in Jurisprudence from Oxford University.
While a partner at our firm, he was elected Member of Parliament for Kingston-and-the-Islands in 1988. Local voters returned him in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2008, making him the longest-serving MP in Kingston's history.
In 2001, MPs elected Mr. Milliken their Speaker. He was acclaimed to the prestigious and crucial House of Commons post in 2004. After the 2006 and 2008 general elections, Mr. Milliken was again elected speaker. In 2009 he surpassed the previous record and became the longest-serving Speaker in Canadian history. He retired from politics at the 2011 General Election.
In 1997, he was awarded the Padre Laverty Award from the Queen's University Alumni Association in Kingston. In November, 1999, he was awarded the Agnes Benidickson Award from the Ottawa Branch of the Queen's University Alumni Association. In May 2001, he received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the State University New York at Potsdam. In addition to acting as Counsel to our firm, Peter now serves Queen's as a Fellow in the School of Policy Studies.
To contact Peter, please email pmilliken@cswan.com, or call 613-546-8085.