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Tim Peterson (born June 6, 1947 in London, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of Mississauga South for the Liberal Party. Tim Peterson is the brother of former Ontario Premier David Peterson and former federal cabinet minister Jim Peterson. He was the last of the three brothers to enter political life. Peterson has a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario. He is a director of Northern Crown Capital, Inc. (a merchant banking firm) and has sat on the Board of Directors of Process Capital, Nordex Explosives and Oxegen and Prescott Paper Products, as well as the Mississauga Hospital Foundation. In 1997, he pleaded guilty to the minor offence of removing a sign belonging to Peter Cobbold, a Reform Party candidate running against his brother Jim in the federal riding of Willowdale. Despite his family's political background and increased Liberal strength leading up to the 2003 provincial election, Peterson was still regarded as a longshot against incumbent Progressive Conservative Margaret Marland, a longtime Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the riding. Peterson nonetheless defeated Marland by 234 votes on election night. On October 23, 2003, Peterson was named parliamentary assistant to Jim Bradley, the Ontario Minister of Tourism and Recreation.
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