Steve Peters is the Member of Provincial Parliament for Elgin-Middlesex-London and is Speaker of the Ontario Legislative Assembly.

Steve was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1999 and was appointed as the Critic for Persons with Disabilities. He moved to the agriculture critic portfolio the next year and continued in that role until his re-election in October 2003. Premier Dalton McGuinty appointed Steve to Cabinet as the Minister of Agriculture and Food shortly after the 2003 election, a position he held until his re-appointment to Cabinet as the Minister of Labour in July 2005. Re-elected as a member of provincial parliament in October 2007, Steve became Speaker of the Legislature on November 28, 2007 after being successfully elected to the post by his MPP peers.

Steve has a long record of public service. First elected to St. Thomas Council as an alderman in 1988, he was elected to his first term as Mayor in 1991 and re-elected in 1994 and 1997.

Born in St. Thomas to Joan and Percy Peters, both children of Ukrainian immigrants, Steve is proud of his heritage. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.

When not hard at work for his constituents, Steve enjoys gardening and his other passion, local history. He is an avid collector of Elgin County memorabilia and a noted authority on local history, including Jumbo, the circus elephant.