Henry George Thomas Perry (March 18, 1889[1] – December 26, 1959[2]) was anEnglish-born real estate and insurance broker, journalist and political figure inBritish Columbia, Canada. He representedFort George in theLegislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1920 to 1928 and from 1933 to 1945 as aLiberal.
He was born inWhitwick,Leicester, the son of Samuel Perry and Annie Ward, was educated inCoalville andLoughborough,[1] and came to Canada in 1910, settling inPrince George in 1912.[3] In 1911, Perry married Florence Smith. He was mayor of Prince George from 1917 to 1918, in 1920 and in 1924.[1] He was owner and editor of theFort George Tribune,The Prince George Citizen,The Nechako Chronicle and thePrince Rupert Daily News.[3] Perry was defeated byFrederick Parker Burden when he ran for reelection in 1928. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1930. Perry was Deputy Speaker of the Legislature from 1924 to 1928,speaker for the assembly from 1934 to 1937, and served in the British Columbia cabinet as Minister of Education from 1941 to 1945.[1] He was defeated byJohn McInnis when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1945.
Perry died inVictoria of aheart attack at the age of 70.[3]
| 1920 British Columbia general election:Fort George | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Samuel Williams Cocker | 787 | 38.09 | |||||
| Liberal | Henry George Thomas Perry | 1,140 | 55.18 | |||||
| IndependentFarmer | John Samuel Ross | 139 | 6.73 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,066 | 100.00 | ||||||
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