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Ernest Perley

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Ernest Perley
Member of Parliament
for Qu'Appelle
In office
July 1930 – June 1945
Personal details
Born
Ernest Edward Perley

(1877-12-23)23 December 1877
Maugerville, New Brunswick, Canada
Died16 August 1948(1948-08-16) (aged 70)
Political partyLiberal
Conservative
National Government
Spouse(s)Orythia Louise Clint
m. 19 November 1902[1]
ProfessionFarmer

Ernest Edward Perley (23 December 1877 – 16 August 1948) was a Liberal, then Conservative, then National Government member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Maugerville, New Brunswick and became a farmer.

Perley, the son of Senator William Dell Perley, attended public and secondary schools at Wolseley, then studied at Winnipeg's Wesley College.[1]

He was a municipal councillor for Wolseley, Saskatchewan, becoming the community's mayor in 1921 and 1922.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Qu'Appelle riding in the 1930 general election with the Liberal party after making an unsuccessful attempt to win a seat there as a Conservative party candidate in 1921.

However, in the 1935 election, he switched back to the Conservatives and won re-election at Qu'Appelle. He was re-elected in 1940 when the Conservatives ran under the National Government banner. In the 1945 election, Perley (whose party had adopted the name Progressive Conservative) was defeated by Gladys Strum of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

Electoral record

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1945 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Gladys Strum 6,146 37.4  
Progressive Conservative Ernest Perley 5,415 33.0 -21.9
Liberal Gen. Andrew George Latta McNaughton 4,871 29.6 -15.5
Total valid votes 16,432 100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Government Ernest Perley 8,236 54.9 +18.2
Liberal James Alexander McCowan 6,775 45.1 +9.7
Total valid votes 15,011 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest Perley 5,769 36.6  
Liberal James Alexander McCowan 5,579 35.4 -17.9
Co-operative Commonwealth John Frederick Herman 2,210 14.0  
Social Credit Joseph Alois Thauberger 2,186 13.9  
Total valid votes 15,744 100.0
1930 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ernest Perley 7,888 53.3  
Liberal–Progressive John Millar 6,905 46.7 -10.2
Total valid votes 14,793 100.0
1921 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive John Millar 8,350 69.3
Conservative Ernest Perley 3,705 30.7
Total valid votes 12,055 100.0

References

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  1. ^ a b Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
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