# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-peckford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:59.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-peckford"
name: "Brian Peckford"
slug: "brian-peckford"
description: "Alfred Brian Peckford is a Canadian politician who served as the third premier of Newfoundland from March 26, 1979 to March 22, 1989. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, Peckford was first elected as the Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for Green Bay following the 1972 general election. He served as a cabinet minister in Frank Moores' government before he was elected as PC leader in 1979 following Moores' retirement."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Peckford_in_1980.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.483154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Peckford"
    title: "Brian Peckford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "برايان بيكفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "برايان بيكفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Peckford"
    title: "Brian Peckford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Peckford"
    title: "Brian Peckford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Peckford"
    title: "Brian Peckford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124524"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump