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Peter Maloney
Peter Maloney is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, activist and former politician, most noted as one of the first Canadian political figures ever to come out as gay〔"Maloney tells Liberals of his homosexuality". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 14, 1972.〕 and as a prominent builder of Toronto's LGBT community in the 1970s and 1980s.
==Political career in early 1970s==
Maloney ran as an Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the riding of St. George in the 1971 Ontario provincial election, against incumbent MPP Allan Lawrence.〔"Petition taken back to high-rise". ''Toronto Star'', April 20, 1971.〕 At the time, he was working as an economist at the Toronto Stock Exchange.〔"Peter Maloney lost an election: And that's not all". ''Toronto Star'', March 11, 1972.〕 Although initially seen as a longshot due to the Liberal Party's weakness in the Toronto area at the time, as the campaign progressed he appeared to have built a stronger than expected chance of winning; however, he was defeated on election day. Despite having run a modest, careful campaign, he was subsequently forced to file for bankruptcy, focusing significant attention on the Canadian political system and the challenges an electoral campaign can pose for a candidate who is not already independently wealthy.〔
At a party policy conference in February 1972, Maloney formally came out as gay while criticizing federal Justice Minister Otto Lang over anti-gay discrimination in federal laws.〔 While homosexuality had already been decriminalized, many laws, including immigration and human rights policies around LGBT issues, remained discriminatory.〔 Later in 1972, he ran as a candidate for the Toronto Board of Education in the 1972 municipal election,〔"Homosexual plans to run for seat on school board". ''Toronto Star'', July 25, 1972.〕 becoming Canada's first known openly gay candidate for political office; he was not elected, but came a close third behind the two winning candidates and ahead of six others.〔"Pete's Defeat". ''The Body Politic'', Vol. 7 (Winter 1973), p. 20.〕
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