Janko Perić
Member of Parliament
for Cambridge
In office
October 25, 1993  June 28, 2004
Preceded byPat Sobeski
Succeeded byGary Goodyear
Personal details
Born (1949-02-24) February 24, 1949
Orehovica, Croatia
Political partyLiberal Party
Professionwelder,

Janko Perić (born February 24, 1949), is a former Canadian politician. Perić was the Liberal Party MP for the riding of Cambridge from 1993 to 2004.

He was born in Orehovica near Bedekovčina, Croatia and was a welder.

Perić was defeated in the 2004 federal election by Gary Goodyear of the Conservative Party, with a margin of 224 votes. Perić tried to win his seat back in the 2006 federal election, but lost by almost 6000 votes.

Electoral record

2006 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeGary Goodyear25,33743.84+5.9
LiberalJanko Peric19,41933.60−3.1
New DemocraticDonna Reid9,79416.94−3.3
GreenGareth White3,0175.22+0.2
Canadian ActionDavid Pelly2170.37
Total valid votes 57,784 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2070.36
Turnout 57,991 64.97
2004 Canadian federal election: Cambridge (federal electoral district)
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGary Goodyear19,123
LiberalJanko Peric18,899
New DemocraticGary Price10,392
GreenGareth White2,506
Christian HeritageJohn Gots395
IndependentJohn Oprea134
IndependentAlec Gryc114
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on lists
2000 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJanko Peric22,14846.6+9.9
AllianceReg Petersen14,91531.4+9.0
Progressive ConservativeJohn Housser5,98812.6-6.7
New DemocraticPam Wolf4,1118.6-11.8
Natural LawThomas Mitchell2100.4
IndependentJohn Gots1600.3
Total valid votes 47,532 100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJanko Peric17,67336.74−2.52$47,605
ReformBill Donaldson10,76722.38−11.15$57,325
New DemocraticMike Farnan9,81320.40+15.11$53,588
Progressive ConservativeLarry Olney9,29919.33+1.99$48,139
IndependentJohn H. Long3110.65$0
IndependentJim Remnant2370.49$0
Total valid votes 48,100 100.00
Total rejected ballots 254
Turnout 48,354 64.77 −1.75
Electors on the lists 74,659
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
1993 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJanko Peric21,99739.1+12.3
ReformReg Petersen18,93233.7
Progressive ConservativePat Sobeski9,77617.4-23.0
New DemocraticBill McBain2,9625.3-22.8
NationalRon Cooper1,8043.2
Christian HeritageMichael Picard4070.7-3.8
Natural LawThomas Mitchell3700.7
Total valid votes 56,248100.0


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