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]

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