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Peter Whalley

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Nationality
  
Canadian

Area(s)
  
Cartoonist

Name
  
Peter Whalley


Born
  
February 21, 1921 Brockville, Ontario (
1921-02-21
)

Died
  
September 18, 2007(2007-09-18) (aged 86) Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Canada

Awards
  
Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame

Peter Whalley (February 21, 1921 – September 18, 2007) was a Canadian cartoonist and sculptor.

Whalley was born in Brockville, Ontario. Went to King's Collegiate School in Windsor, Nova Scotia until 1937. and established himself as a prominent humorist beginning in the 1940s. He used a distinctive stripped-down style to send up the cultural and political life of Canada. He died in a hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, aged 86.

In 2007, he was inducted into the Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame.

Books

  • Nicol, Eric; Whalley, Peter (2003). Canadian Politics Unplugged. Introduction by Stuart McLean. Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55002-466-1. 
  • References

    Peter Whalley Wikipedia