George Halsey Perley

Perley and his wife inspecting Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Turner during World War I

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Conservative MP for Argenteuil in 1904, having failed to defeat Mr. W. C. Edwards for the seat in Russell County during the election of 1900. Perley served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Minister of the Overseas Military Forces in the World War I government of Sir Robert Borden. He did not run for re-election in the 1917 federal election in order to concentrate on his duties in London. He returned to the House of Commons in the 1925 federal election and subsequently served as Secretary of State for Canada in the short-lived 1926 government of Arthur Meighen and then as Minister without Portfolio in the government of R. B. Bennett following the 1930 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1935 federal election which also saw the defeat of Bennett's government, and remained an MP until his death in 1938.

The Right Honourable Sir George Halsey Perley PC GCMG
Secretary of State of Canada
In office 29 June 1926 –24 September 1926

3 December 1902

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Christie, Jr.	1,261	54.10
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	1,070	45.90

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election : Argenteuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	4,467	49.83
	Liberal	Joseph-Louis-Lorenzo Legault	4,290	47.86
	Reconstruction	Pierre-Albert-Arthur Fortin	207	2.31

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election : Argenteuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	4,709	54.45
	Liberal	Joseph-Louis-Lorenzo Legault	3,940	45.55

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election : Argenteuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	4,094	51.51
	Liberal	Joseph-Louis-Lorenzo Legault	3,854	48.49

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election : Argenteuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	3,921	51.31
	Liberal	Joseph-Louis-Lorenzo Legault	3,721	48.69

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election : Argenteuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	1,824	59.78
	Liberal	Agenor Henry Tanner	1,227	40.22

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election : Argenteuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	1,587	54.44
	Liberal	Peter Robert McGibbon	1,328	45.56

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election : Argenteuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	1,516	53.08
	Liberal	Thomas Christie Jr.	1,340	46.92

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election : Russell
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Cameron Edwards	3,089
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	2,523

References

• George Halsey Perley – Parliament of Canada biography
• "A history of Quebec, its resources and people, Volume 2". Internet Archive .
• George Halsey Perley fonds, Library and Archives Canada

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Thomas Christie, Jr.	Member of Parliament for Argenteuil 1904–1917	Succeeded by Peter Robert McGibbon
Preceded by Charles Stewart	Member of Parliament for Argenteuil 1925–1938	Succeeded by Georges-Henri Héon
Political offices
Preceded by Ernest Lapointe	Secretary of State of Canada 1926	Succeeded by Fernand Rinfret
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Donald Alexander Smith	Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1914–1922	Succeeded by Peter Charles Larkin
Political offices
Preceded by None	Minister of Overseas Military Forces 1916-1917	Succeeded by Albert Edward Kemp