Pat Perkins
{{short description|Scottish-born Canadian politician}}
{{For|the 19th century Queensland, Australia legislator|Patrick Perkins}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Pat Perkins
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| riding = Whitby—Oshawa
| parliament = Canadian
| term_start = November 17, 2014
| term_end = August 4, 2015
| predecessor = Jim Flaherty
| successor = Celina Caesar-Chavannes
| office1 = Mayor of Whitby, Ontario
| term_start1 = 2006
| term_end1 = 2014
| predecessor1 = Marcel Brunelle
| successor1 = Don Mitchell
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|9|3}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
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| party = Conservative
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Patricia "Pat" Perkins (born September 3, 1953) is a Scottish-Canadian politician. Perkins served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Whitby—Oshawa from 2014 to 2015. She was elected in a by-election held on November 17, 2014 following the death of Jim Flaherty.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pat-perkins-to-be-next-mp-for-whitby-oshawa-cbc-news-projects-1.2838439 "Pat Perkins to be next MP for Whitby-Oshawa, CBC News projects"]. CBC News, November 17, 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=b0e264f1-17db-47ef-ae2c-162a305cf4fa&Language=E |title=Perkins, Patricia (Pat) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202123052/http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=b0e264f1-17db-47ef-ae2c-162a305cf4fa&Language=E |publisher=Library of Parliament |archive-date=December 2, 2015}}
Prior to being elected to the House of Commons of Canada, Perkins was a Whitby, Ontario municipal councillor from 1997 until 2006 when she challenged incumbent mayor Marcel Brunelle, defeating him by less than 200 votes in the 2006 municipal election. Perkins served as mayor of Whitby for two terms from 2006 to 2014. She did not run for reelection to the mayoralty in the 2014 municipal election, due to the pending federal byelection.
Perkins was a member of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.
However, her term as an MP would be short-lived, as she was defeated in the federal election the following year in the redistricted riding of Whitby by Celina Caesar-Chavannes, whom she had earlier defeated in the by-election.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/federal-ridings-toronto-gta/2015/10/20/liberal-unseats-conservative-in-whitby.html|title=Liberal unseats Conservative in Whitby|work=Toronto Star|date=October 20, 2015|accessdate=November 3, 2015}}
Electoral record
=Federal=
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Whitby (federal electoral district)|Whitby|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Celina Caesar-Chavannes|29,003|44.95|+30.46|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Pat Perkins|27,154|42.09|-16.72|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ryan Kelly|6,677|10.35|-11.06|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Craig Cameron|1,403|2.17|-2.81|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Jon O'Connor|279|0.43|–|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|64,516|100.0 | |$233,003.12}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|235|–|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|64,751|–|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|90,964}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35114&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Whitby, 30 September 2015]{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045200/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|November 17, 2014|Whitby—Oshawa|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|{{nowrap|Pat Perkins}}|17,033 |49.2 | |–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|{{nowrap|Celina Caesar-Chavannes}}|14,082 |40.7 | |–}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|{{nowrap|Trish McAuliffe}}|2,800 |8.1 | |–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|{{nowrap|Craig Cameron}}| 496| 1.4| |–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|{{nowrap|John Turmel}}|107 |0.3 | |–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|{{nowrap|Josh Borenstein}}|87 |0.3 | |–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit | | | | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots | | | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout | 34,605 | 31.76 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters | 108,969 | | }}
{{CANelec/note|By-election due to the death of Jim Flaherty.}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: {{cite web |title=List of candidates — Whitby--Oshawa (Ontario) — By-election (Monday, November 17, 2014) |url=http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35099&EV=40&EV_TYPE=3&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&QID=-1&PAGEID=17 |publisher=Elections Canada |accessdate=November 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108174722/http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35099&EV=40&EV_TYPE=3&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&QID=-1&PAGEID=17 |archivedate=November 8, 2014 }}}}
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=Mayor of Whitby, Ontario=
==2010==
| class="wikitable" | ||
| style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{cite web |url=http://www.whitby.ca/en/resources/cs-notice_officialresultsmunicipalelection-2010.pdf |publisher=Town of Whitby |title=Declaration of Municipal Results |date=October 25, 2010}} ! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| % | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pat Perkins (X) | 12,064 | 47.55 |
| Rocky Varcoe | 8,987 | 35.42 |
| Marcel Brunelle | 4,322 | 17.03 |
==2006==
| class="wikitable" | ||
| style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote ! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| % | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pat Perkins | 9,784 | 50.5 |
| Marcel Brunelle (X) | 9,589 | 49.5 |
References
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External links
- [http://patperkins.ca/ Official website]
- [http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Pat-Perkins(86788) Pat Perkins - Parliament of Canada biography]
- [http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=b0e264f1-17db-47ef-ae2c-162a305cf4fa&Language=E Pat Perkins - PARLINFO]
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Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Category:Mayors of Whitby, Ontario
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Category:Women mayors of places in Ontario
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