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 (age 73) Orehovica, Croatia
Political party	Liberal Party
Profession	welder,

He was born in Orehovica near Bedekovčina, Croatia and was a welder.^{[citation needed]}

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

v t e 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: Cambridge (electoral district)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gary Goodyear	19,123
	Liberal	Janko Peric	18,899
	New Democratic	Gary Price	10,392
	Green	Gareth White	2,506
	Christian Heritage	John Gots	395
	Independent	John Oprea	134
	Independent	Alec Gryc	114
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on lists

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Janko Peric	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.

v t e 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.

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Janko Peric	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