About Pat Perkins
Born 1953. Pat Perkins is a Canadian politician.
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.
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.
Electoral record
Federal
Mayor of Whitby, Ontario
2010 Mayoral Candidate Vote % 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
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Canadian politician
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Pat Perkins was born on 3 September 1953 in Glasgow.
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Pat Perkins is a politician.
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Pat Perkins is Canadian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Pat Perkins. https://biography.guide/pat-perkins/
MLA: "Pat Perkins." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/pat-perkins/.
Chicago: "Pat Perkins." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/pat-perkins/.
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