Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and raised in the village of Radville,[1] Wong studied civil engineering at the University of Denver, graduating in 1954.
[2] By the early 1980s he had been promoted to the city's senior engineer,[1] as well as serving as a trustee on the Rainbow District School Board.
[10] In 1989, Peter and Lynn Wong attended a parade in Sudbury, Massachusetts, as special guests on the occasion of that town's 350th anniversary.
Wong stood as a candidate and won over challenger Frank Mazzuca, becoming the municipality's first elected regional chair.
[4] After serving less than a year in that office, Wong died of a heart attack on June 6, 1998, while attending a meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in Regina.