Michael Pitfield
P. Michael Pitfield | |
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| Senator for Ottawa-Vanier, Ontario | |
| In office December 22, 1982 – June 1, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Michael Pitfield June 18, 1937 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | October 19, 2017 (aged 80) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Nancy Elizabeth Snow |
| Relations | Siblings: Ward C. Pitfield Jr. |
| Children | 3 |
Peter Michael Pitfield PC OC CVO (June 18, 1937 – October 19, 2017) was a Canadian Senator and senior civil servant.
Pitfield was the youngest son of the Canadian financier Ward C. Pitfield and Grace MacDougall Pitfield, daughter of Canadian ice hockey player Hartland MacDougall. His brother, Ward C. Pitfield Jr., was Chairman of the family Investment Banking firm, Pitfield, MacKay, Ross, which later merged with Dominion Securities, now the investment arm of the Royal Bank of Canada. Another brother, stockbroker Robert Hartland Pitfield (d. 2004), was father-in-law of former Toronto city councillor Jane Pitfield. His nephew, Ward Elcock is the former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and former Deputy Minister at the Department of National Defence (Canada).