Tom Perry (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Doctor
Tom Perry
Birth Date:[1]
Residence:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Constituency Am:Vancouver-Little Mountain
Assembly:British Columbia Legislative
Term Start:October 17, 1991
Term End:May 28, 1996
Predecessor:Grace McCarthy
Doug Mowat
Successor:Gary Farrell-Collins
Constituency Am1:Vancouver-Point Grey
Assembly1:British Columbia Legislative
Term Start1:March 15, 1989
Term End1:October 17, 1991
Predecessor1:Kim Campbell
Alongside1:Darlene Marzari
Successor1:Darlene Marzari
Party:New Democrat

Tom Perry is a former Canadian politician. He served as an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1989 to 1996, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.He qualified as a doctor.[2] Perry was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in Vancouver-Point Grey in 1989 after Kim Campbell had resigned from the legislature to run in the 1988 federal election.[3] At the time, Vancouver-Point Grey was a multiple-member district, and Perry served alongside Darlene Marzari.

During the 1991 election, which was contested under new single-member boundaries, Marzari was the NDP candidate in Vancouver-Point Grey, and Perry stood in Vancouver-Little Mountain, where he was re-elected.[4] Perry was the minister for advanced education, training, and technology as well as the minister responsible for youth from 1991 to 1993.[2] He did not run in the 1996 election, and was succeeded by Gary Farrell-Collins.

He subsequently returned to medicine and taught clinical pharmacology at Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Park: Shooting pool.
  2. News: A Modest Proposal: Let's keep the UBC Golf Course as a golf course . Vancouver Sun. 29 January 2011.
  3. Web site: B.C. Votes 2009 - Vancouver-Point Grey . CBC . 29 January 2011.
  4. Web site: British Columbia Votes 2005 - Districts . CBC . 29 January 2011.