Janko Peric

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.

Janko Perić
Member of Parliament for Cambridge
In office October 25, 1993 – June 28, 2004
Preceded by	Pat Sobeski
Succeeded by	Gary Goodyear
Personal details
Born	(1949-02-24) February 24, 1949 Orehovica, Croatia
Political party	Liberal Party
Profession	welder,

He was born Janko Perić 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	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Goodyear	25,337	43.84	+5.9
	Liberal	Janko Peric	19,419	33.60	−3.1
	New Democratic	Donna Reid	9,794	16.94	−3.3
	Green	Gareth White	3,017	5.22	+0.2
	Canadian Action	David Pelly	217	0.37
Total valid votes			57,784	100.00
Total rejected ballots			207	0.36
Turnout			57,991	64.97

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Goodyear	19,123	37.9	-6.1
	Liberal	Janko Perić	18,899	36.7	-9.9
	New Democratic	Gary Price	10,392	20.2	+11.6
	Green	Gareth White	2,506	5.0
	Christian Heritage	John Gots	395	0.8	+0.5
	Independent	John Oprea	134	0.3
	Independent	Alec Gryc	114	0.2
Total valid votes			51,563	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. John Gots' vote as a CHP candidate is compared to his vote in 2000 as an unaffiliated candidate.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Janko Perić	22,148	46.6	+9.9
	Alliance	Reg Petersen	14,915	31.4	+9.0
	Progressive Conservative	John Housser	5,988	12.6	-6.7
	New Democratic	Pam Wolf	4,111	8.6	-11.8
	Natural Law	Thomas Mitchell	210	0.4
	Independent	John Gots	160	0.3
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
	Liberal	Janko Peric	17,673	36.74	−2.52	$47,605
	Reform	Bill Donaldson	10,767	22.38	−11.15	$57,325
	New Democratic	Mike Farnan	9,813	20.40	+15.11	$53,588
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Olney	9,299	19.33	+1.99	$48,139
	Independent	John H. Long	311	0.65		$0
	Independent	Jim Remnant	237	0.49		$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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Janko Perić	21,997	39.1	+12.3
	Reform	Reg Petersen	18,932	33.7
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Sobeski	9,776	17.4	-23.0
	New Democratic	Bill McBain	2,962	5.3	-22.8
	National	Ron Cooper	1,804	3.2
	Christian Heritage	Michael Picard	407	0.7	-3.8
	Natural Law	Thomas Mitchell	370	0.7
Total valid votes			56,248	100.0

External links

• Janko Peric – Parliament of Canada biography