Perry Canning

Perry Canning is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was the member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for Labrador West from 1996 to 1999.

Perry Canning MHA
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Labrador West
In office 22 February 1996 (1996-02-22) – 9 February 1999 (1999-02-09)
Preceded by	Alec Snow
Succeeded by	Randy Collins
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Politics

Canning is from Happy Valley-Goose Bay in Labrador. He ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Menihek in 1993, but he lost to incumbent Progressive Conservative (PC) MHA Alec Snow. Canning challenged Snow again in the following 1996 election and won in the redistributed riding of Labrador West. While in the House of Assembly, Canning was appointed as the chair of the Resources Committee by Premier Brian Tobin.^[1] He was narrowly defeated by New Democratic (NDP) candidate Randy Collins in the 1999 election.

Canning continued to work for the provincial government as an industry advisor in what was criticized by the opposition as a patronage appointment.^[2][3] He later worked for Suncor Energy. In 2017, he was appointed as the Assistant Deputy Minister of Mines within the Department of Natural Resources in the Dwight Ball administration.^[4]

Electoral history

1999 Newfoundland general election: Labrador West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Randy Collins	2,700	47.84	43.82
	Liberal	Perry Canning	2,544	45.07	16.70
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Whitten	400	7.09	31.14
Total valid votes			5,644	99.68
Total rejected ballots			18	0.32	0.09
Total votes			5,662	67.84	5.57
Eligible voters			8,346
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		30.26

1996 Newfoundland general election: Labrador West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Perry Canning	3,457	61.77	15.77
	Progressive Conservative	Alec Snow	2,140	38.23	11.75
Total valid votes			5,597	99.77
Total rejected ballots			13	0.23	0.03
Total votes			5,610	73.41	0.74
Eligible voters			7,642
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		13.68

1993 Newfoundland general election: Menihek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alec Snow	3,086	49.98	3.17
	Liberal	Perry Canning	2,840	46.00	5.47
	New Democratic	Ruth Larson	248	4.02	2.30
Total valid votes			6,174	99.74
Total rejected ballots			16	0.26
Total votes			6,190	72.67
Eligible voters			8,518
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		4.32