Peter Stoffer

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Peter Stoffer
Stoffer in the spring of 2007 at Lockview High School, Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada
Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs
In office May 26, 2011 – November 19, 2015
Leader	Jack Layton Nycole Turmel Thomas Mulcair
Preceded by	Kirsty Duncan
Succeeded by	Alupa Clarke
Member of Parliament for Sackville—Eastern Shore
In office June 28, 2004 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Darrell Samson (Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook)
Member of Parliament for Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore
In office June 2, 1997 – June 28, 2004
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Riding Abolished
Personal details
Born	Peter Arend Stoffer (1956-01-06) January 6, 1956 (age 68) Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Andrea Pottyondy
Residence(s)	Fall River, Nova Scotia
Profession	Manager

Peter Arend Stoffer (born January 6, 1956) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Sackville—Eastern Shore or its redistributed equivalents from the 1997 election until his defeat in the 2015 election. A member of the New Democratic Party, Stoffer served as the Official Opposition Critic for Veterans Affairs after his party became the official opposition after the 2011 election.

Stoffer is a grassroots politician who is a strong advocate for Canadian military veterans and their service needs. He has been an advocate of Third Way policies championed by Tony Blair. He was affiliated with the internal party reform group NDProgress that successfully pushed the NDP to adopt a 'one member, one vote' system to choose its leader, and which has called for limits on union influence within the party.

Stoffer was alleged to have attempted to force kisses on a staffer in 2006 and 2009, in allegations made public in 2018.^[1] Stoffer denied any wrongdoing and stated that he never intended to "...insult or demean or belittle any person...".