Janko Peric
| Janko Peric | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Cambridge | |
| In office 1993–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Sobeski |
| Succeeded by | Gary Goodyear |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 24, 1949 Orehovica, Croatia |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Profession | welder, airplane pilot |
Janko Peric (born February 24, 1949), is a former Canadian politician. Peric was the Liberal Party MP for the riding of Cambridge from 1993 to 2004.
He was born Janko Perić in Orehovica near Bedekovčina, Croatia and was a welder and airplane pilot.
Peric was defeated in the 2004 federal election by Gary Goodyear of the Conservative Party, with a margin of 224 votes. Peric tried to win his seat back in the 2006 federal election, but lost by almost 6000 votes.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2006: Cambridge | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Conservative | Gary Goodyear | 19,123 | 37.9 | -6.1 | ||
| Liberal | Janko Peric | 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.
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| 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.
| Canadian federal election, 1997: Cambridge | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | 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 Party | 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. | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| 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 | ||||