Janko Perić (born February 24, 1949), is a former

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. Perić was the

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MP for the riding of

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from 1993 to 2004. He was born in Orehovica near

Bedekovčina Bedekovčina is a village and municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. It is connected by the state road D24 and R201 railway. In the 2011 census, the total population of the municipality was 8,041, in the following settlements: * ...

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and was a

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. Perić was defeated in the 2004 federal election by

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of the

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, with a margin of 224 votes. Perić tried to win his seat back in the 2006 federal election, but lost by almost 6000 votes.

Electoral record

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* 1949 births Living people Canadian people of Croatian descent Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Cambridge, Ontario People from Bedekovčina 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub