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Antony David John "Tony" Penikett (born 1945) is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada. ==Early life and political activity== Born in Sussex, England, on November 14, 1945 and educated at St Albans School in Hertfordshire, England, and in Alberta and Ontario, Penikett began his Yukon working life as an asbestos mine labourer at Clinton Creek, Yukon, where he became active in his union as a shop steward and chair of the grievance committee. An activist with the New Democratic Party (NDP), Penikett was campaign manager in the 1972 election for Wally Firth, the first indigenous northern MP ever elected to the House of Commons.〔"No all-candidates meetings in Yukon: Opponent wary of Tory hatchet man". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 22, 1974.〕 He was the party's candidate in Yukon in the 1974 federal election, but was not elected.〔 Penikett became a member of the New Democratic Party's federal council in 1973 and served as executive assistant to Ed Broadbent from 1975 to 1977.〔"Penikett gets Regina post". ''Vancouver Sun'', September 27, 1995.〕 He then returned to Yukon, where he was elected to Whitehorse City Council in 1977.〔 He was president of the federal NDP from 1981 to 1985.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Penikett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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