Pyke lost his seat at the 1995 state election, at which he was defeated by Bob Harper of the Liberal Party.
In 1993, members of the Queensland Police Service launched an unsuccessful prosecution against Pyke, accusing him of assaulting and depriving the liberty of Brentus Noel Whittaker.
[2] Pyke claimed the episode left him in fear for his family's safety after he was threatened by a stranger at a bottle shop on 28 June 1996, shortly after he discussed lodging a complaint with the Crime and Justice Commission over the fabrication of charges against him by police officers.
[2] Pyke attempted a political comeback by standing as an independent at the 2009 state election for the district of Toowoomba South.
[4] In 2012 Peter Pyke ran for the seat of Toowoomba North for Katter's Australian Party and didn't succeed.