Pat Perkins

For the 19th century Queensland, Australia legislator, see Patrick 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]

Pat Perkins
Member of Parliament for Whitby—Oshawa
In office November 17, 2014 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Jim Flaherty
Succeeded by	Celina Caesar-Chavannes
Mayor of Whitby, Ontario
In office 2006–2014
Preceded by	Marcel Brunelle
Succeeded by	Don Mitchell
Personal details
Born	(1953-09-03) September 3, 1953 (age 72) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Conservative

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

Electoral record

Federal

2015 Canadian federal election: Whitby
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Celina Caesar-Chavannes	29,003	44.95	+30.46	–
	Conservative	Pat Perkins	27,154	42.09	-16.72	–
	New Democratic	Ryan Kelly	6,677	10.35	-11.06	–
	Green	Craig Cameron	1,403	2.17	-2.81	–
	Independent	Jon O'Connor	279	0.43	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,516	100.0		$233,003.12
Total rejected ballots			235	–	–
Turnout			64,751	–	–
Eligible voters			90,964
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014: Whitby—Oshawa
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Perkins	17,033	49.2		–
	Liberal	Celina Caesar-Chavannes	14,082	40.7		–
	New Democratic	Trish McAuliffe	2,800	8.1		–
	Green	Craig Cameron	496	1.4		–
	Independent	John Turmel	107	0.3		–
	Independent	Josh Borenstein	87	0.3		–
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.

Mayor of Whitby, Ontario

2010

Mayoral Candidate	Vote[6]	%
Pat Perkins (X)	12,064	47.55
Rocky Varcoe	8,987	35.42
Marcel Brunelle	4,322	17.03

2006

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Pat Perkins	9,784	50.5
Marcel Brunelle (X)	9,589	49.5