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Janko Peric
Member of Parliament
for Cambridge
In office
October 25, 1993 – June 28, 2004
Preceded byPat Sobeski
Succeeded byGary Goodyear
Personal details
Born (1949-02-24) February 24, 1949 (age 75)
Orehovica, Croatia
Political partyLiberal Party
Professionwelder,

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

Template:Canadian federal election, 2006/Electoral District/Cambridge

2004 Canadian federal election
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.

2000 Canadian federal election
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. Template:Canadian federal election, 1997/Electoral District/Cambridge (electoral district)

1993 Canadian federal election
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