Peter Kent
Born	July 27, 1943 Sussex, England
Occupation	News Editor
Spouse	Cilla Kent
Parents	Aileen Kent Parker Kent
Children	Trilby Kent

Peter Kent (born in Sussex, England July 27, 1943) is Deputy Editor for Global Television News, a Canadian TV network. He was the host of "First National and MoneyWise on Global and Prime TV (Canadian television network). Peter Kent was named the recipient of the prestigious 2006 President’s Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada (RTNDA). The President’s Award is presented annually to honour individuals, stations, companies or groups who have brought distinction to, or have made major contributions to the broadcast news industry. Kent is a member of Canada’s Broadcast Hall of Fame, former director of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, four-time Emmy nominee and the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Global Television is an Australian independent television production facility, responsible for producing many Australian TV series such as Australian Idol, Big Brother, Hi-5, MTV Australias Total Request Live, Neighbours, Rove Live and the former TV show, Good Morning Australia as GMA With Bert Newton. ... The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals. ... An Emmy Award. ... Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was one of two younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964. ...

Kent began his career as a radio journalist in the early 1960s. He then moved to television, joining Calgary station CFCN in 1965, and subsequently worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CTV, Global, NBC and Monitor TV News. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Calgary is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... CFCN is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... CTV is Canadas largest privately owned English language television network. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

In 1978 Kent agreed to step down as anchor of The National after he submitted an intervention to the CRTC recommending that the Corporation's licence not be renewed until management created procedures and protocols to prevent political interference in the CBC's editorial decision-making. Kent's complaint involved messages conveyed through the then CBC President Al Johnson from the Prime Minister's Office that resulted in cancellation of a speech by Premier Rene Levesque and coverage of a speech by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. As a result of his intervention and descent from The National anchor desk, Kent accepted assignment to the newly created African Bureau of the CBC, located in Johannesburg. The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the CBCs flagship national television newscast. ... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Cipher-block chaining ... Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Cipher-block chaining ... Albert Wesley (Al) Johnson is a former Canadian civil servant, former president of the CBC, professor in the department of political science at the University of Toronto, and author. ... The Prime Ministers Office is a small department which provides advice to a Prime Minister. ... René Lévesque. ... For other uses, see Pierre Elliott Trudeau (disambiguation). ... Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Cipher-block chaining ...

The CBC subsequently created protocols to govern Prime Ministerial access to the public broadcaster. They remain in effect today; the most recent example the speech made to the country by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the eve of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Kent returned briefly in 1978 to testify at a grievance hearing initiated by an unsuccessful anchor candidate who complained that Knowlton Nash, the vice-president of CBC News, had appointed himself to succeed Kent. In that testimony Kent -- the first journalist to anchor The National -- supported Nash's credentials. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Cipher-block chaining ... Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, usually known as Jean Chrétien, PC, QC, BA, BCL, LLD (h. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Quebec referendum may refer to one of the two referendums held solely in Quebec: 1980 Quebec referendum, the 1980 plebicite on Quebec independence, or sovereignty-association 1995 Quebec referendum, the 1980 plebicite on Quebec independence, or sovereignty-partnership Referenda in Canada Category: ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Cyril Knowlton Nash, O.C., O.Ont. ... Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Cipher-block chaining ... The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the CBCs flagship national television newscast. ...

Kent returned to Canada and the CBC in 1982 as a founding producer, correspondent and occasional co-host of The Journal, hosted by Barbara Frum and Marylou Finley.

In 1984 Kent moved back to NBC serving in Miami, Washington and New York bureaus and as the US network's senior European correspondent in the late 1980s, winning four Emmynominations with the network. He then reported for and was back-up anchor for John Hart and John Palmer at the Christian Science Monitor's World Monitor television news service. One of Kent's feature report series - on challenges in American inner cities - was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Award. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. ...

Kent returned to Canada to join Global News in 1992, and was the anchor of its flagship news program First National until 2001. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... First National was a Canadian television newscast, which aired on the Global Television Networks stations in Ontario and Manitoba from 1994 to 2001. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the Canadian federal election, 2006, Kent ran as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the Toronto riding of St. Paul's. He placed second with 25.76% of the vote against the incumbent, Carolyn Bennett of the Liberals (50.25%), and ahead of Paul Summerville of the NDP (19.19%). Although the Conservatives won the election nationally, and St. Paul's is considered a bellwether riding, Bennett managed to become its third opposition MP ever. Rendition of party representation in the 39th Canadian parliament decided by this election. ... The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-leaning conservative political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ... This article refers to the Canadian electoral district, for other uses see St. ... Carolyn Bennett, PC, MP, MD (born December 20, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario) is the Member of Parliament for the riding of St. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ... Paul Summerville is a Canadian, born (December 1957) in London, England, raised in Toronto, Canada who for 16 years held senior positions as an economist, equity research director, and Asian regional head at several prominent global investment banks, including Deutsche Bank, Jardine Fleming, Lehman Brothers, Richardson Greenshields, RBC Dominion Securities... The New Democratic Party (NDP; Nouveau Parti démocratique in French) is a political party in Canada with a progressive social democratic philosophy that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels. ... In politics, a bellwether (often, incorrectly, bellweather or bellwhether) is a region whose political tendencies match in microcosm what occurs in a wider area. ...

During the previous 2004 federal election campaign, Kent was involved in the decision not to allow the Green Party of Canada to participate in the nationally televised leader's debate. He said the decision was based on the key criteria of having representation in Parliament and recognition as an official party by Parliament, neither of which the Green Party had.[1] Kent was not a member of any political party at this time. The Canadian federal election, 2004 (more formally, the 38th general election), was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983. ...

Peter Kent is currently the Candidate of Record for the Conservative Party of Canada in the suburban Toronto riding of Thornhill for the next federal election. Kent is widely expected to lose the race by a significant margin, as he did in 2006. The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-leaning conservative political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ... Thornhill is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ...

He is the son of Parker Kent, a long-time employee of the Southam Newspaper Group who retired as associate editor at the Calgary Herald. His younger brother, Arthur Kent, is also a journalist, known in the first Gulf War as the "scud stud". Parker Kent born February 10, 1907 in Lacombe, Alberta Canada was the associate editor of the Calgary Herald in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... The Calgary Herald is a daily Calgary, Alberta newspaper. ... Arthur Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Peter has been married to Cilla, a former print journalist with South Africa's Argus group. Married 26 years, they have a daughter, Trilby who works as a freelance journalist and writer in Brussels.

External links

http://www.PeterKent.ca