Peter Wood was an Australian politician.

Wood and his twin brother Bill were the sons of Les Wood, also a Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 politician. Peter was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 in 1966, representing Toowoomba East

Electoral district of Toowoomba East

The Electoral district of Toowoomba East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution....

; he moved to Toowoomba South

Electoral district of Toowoomba South

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 in 1972 but was defeated in 1974. Following his defeat Wood spent twenty-two years on Toowoomba City Council

City of Toowoomba

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, serving as deputy mayor for twelve of those. He moved to Noosa

Noosa, Queensland

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in 2007 and died from cancer in 2010.