Pat Perkins

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.[1][2]

For the 19th century Queensland, Australia legislator, see Patrick Perkins.
Pat Perkins
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Whitby—Oshawa
In office
November 17, 2014 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byJim Flaherty
Succeeded byCelina Caesar-Chavannes
Mayor of Whitby, Ontario
In office
2006–2014
Preceded byMarcel Brunelle
Succeeded byDon Mitchell
Personal details
Born (1953-09-03) September 3, 1953
Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyConservative

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.[1]

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, who she had earlier defeated in the by-election.[3]

Electoral record

Federal
2015 Canadian federal election: Whitby
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalCelina Caesar-Chavannes29,00344.95+30.46–
ConservativePat Perkins27,15442.09-16.72–
New DemocraticRyan Kelly6,67710.35-11.06–
GreenCraig Cameron1,4032.17-2.81–
IndependentJon O'Connor2790.43––
Total valid votes/Expense limit 64,516100.0   $233,003.12
Total rejected ballots 235––
Turnout 64,751––
Eligible voters 90,964
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014: Whitby—Oshawa
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativePat Perkins17,03349.2–
LiberalCelina Caesar-Chavannes14,08240.7–
New DemocraticTrish McAuliffe2,8008.1–
GreenCraig Cameron4961.4–
IndependentJohn Turmel1070.3–
IndependentJosh Borenstein870.3–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 34,605 31.76
Eligible voters 108,969  
By-election due to the death of Jim Flaherty.
Source: "List of candidates — Whitby--Oshawa (Ontario) — By-election (Monday, November 17, 2014)". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.

2010
Mayoral Candidate Vote[6] %
Pat Perkins (X)12,06447.55
Rocky Varcoe8,98735.42
Marcel Brunelle4,32217.03

2006
Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Pat Perkins9,78450.5
Marcel Brunelle (X)9,58949.5

References
  1. "Pat Perkins to be next MP for Whitby-Oshawa, CBC News projects". CBC News, November 17, 2014.
  2. http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=b0e264f1-17db-47ef-ae2c-162a305cf4fa&Language=E
  3. "Liberal unseats Conservative in Whitby". Toronto Star. October 20, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  4. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Whitby, 30 September 2015
  5. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  6. "Declaration of Municipal Results" (PDF). Town of Whitby. October 25, 2010.


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