Political Career
Penner entered politics in the 1968 federal election and was elected the Liberal MP for Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was re-elected in 1972 and 1974 for Thunder Bay and then in the 1979, 1980 and 1984 federal elections representing Cochrane) (later Cochrane—Superior). Penner served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Science and Technology and to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. He did not seek re-election in the 1988 election.
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