Tom Perry | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Little Mountain | |
| In office October 17, 1991 –May 28, 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Grace McCarthy Doug Mowat |
| Succeeded by | Gary Farrell-Collins |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Point Grey | |
| In office March 15,1989 –October 17,1991 Servingwith Darlene Marzari | |
| Preceded by | Kim Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Darlene Marzari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950or1951(age 73–74) [1] |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Residence(s) | Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada |
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]
