Given the question: Facts: - party: progressive conservative - predecessor: patrick morgan mahoney - birth date: 1 january 1929 - profession: oil executive - parliament: canadian - death date: 28 february 1991 - term end: 1979 - name: peter colwell bawden - death place: calgary , alberta - birth place: toronto , ontario - successor: john william thomson - image size: 200px - nationality: canadian - occupation: businessman , federal politician - alma mater: upper canada college - constituency mp: calgary south - children: jennifer bawden - term start: 1972 - image: peter bawden.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of peter bawden .
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peter colwell bawden , -lrb- january 1 , 1929 -- february 28 , 1991 -rrb- was a prominent canadian oilman , cabinet minister , former member of parliament and in 1990 was appointed as an officer of the order of canada .bawden was elected to the canadian house of commons representing the riding of calgary south , the heart of canada 's oil industry .a progressive conservative , he was re-elected in 1974 .he was honored in 1990 as an officer of the order of canada for being '' largely responsible for pioneering oil and gas drilling in the arctic circle and for the international transfer of canadian expertise and technology in this field '' .peter bawden was the first drilling contractor to drill in the canadian arctic islands where the harsh and remote environment demanded special logistical planning . .bawden built one of the world 's largest privately owned oil and gas drilling companies consisting of a large fleet of offshore and land rigs operated from offices worldwide , working closely with shell and dome petroleum , among others .he moved to alberta in the fall of 1950 and founded peter bawden drilling in 1952 shortly after his arrival in calgary .as a land drilling contractor he began by expanding on shore operations throughout north america , from the arctic to the gulf of mexico , to norway , algeria , australia , new guinea , indonesia , philippines , guatemala , venezuela , colombia and madagascar . .bawden had a distinguished public service career and was elected as a member of the house of commons in 1972 and re-elected in 1974 .during his years in ottawa he served on the commons committee on finance , natural resources , trade and economic affairs , including external affairs and national defense .he was a delegate to the north atlantic assembly from 1972 to 1979 .he was also a member of the canada/us inter-parliamentary committee .mr. bawden served as a director on a number of prestigious canadian companies including barclays bank , air canada , boeing , safeway , procor limited ,...