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,

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

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	%	∆%
	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	%	∆%
	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	%	∆%
	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	%	∆%	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.

Canadian federal election, 1993
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

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament