Peter Yeomans

Peter B. Yeomans is a retired politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served as mayor of the Montreal suburban community of Dorval from 1982 to 2001, was a member of the Montreal city council from 2002 to 2005, and served on the Montreal executive committee from 2002 to 2004.

Yeomans was a director of development for Bell Canada before his election as mayor.

Yeomans was elected as a councillor in Dorval in the 1978 municipal election, narrowly defeating incumbent Michel Rioux to win a seat in the city's east ward. He served for one four-year term.

Yeomans was elected to his first term as mayor in the 1982 municipal election, replacing longtime incumbent Sarto Desnoyers, who did not seek re-election.

In 1984, Yeomans championed a municipal by-law to restrict abortion clinics, strip clubs, erotica shops, and tanning studios to a remote corner of the city. Council later introduced a further, supplementary by-law to require a "buffer zone" between areas reserved for abortion clinics and areas reserved for sex shops. Several feminist groups criticized the by-law for placing access to abortion on the same level as the purchasing of pornography. Yeomans responded that the legislation was not intended to pass any judgement on the subject of abortion, but rather to ensure that any confrontations or disruptions near abortion clinics would be kept away from residential areas. The by-laws were approved by Dorval city council in January 1985 and came into effect two months later.

Yeomans also helped ensure passage of a by-law prohibiting the establishment of new commercial and retail outlets for one block on either side of the Trans-Canada Highway through Dorval. He indicated that the intent of this law was to encourage the construction of new corporate headquarters and buildings for elite and well-established firms.

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