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{{Short description|New Zealand politician (1948–2025)}}
{{for|the Welsh footballer|Edwin Perry (footballer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2014}}
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| birth_name          = Edwin Jock Perry
| birth_date          = {{birth year|1948}}
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| term_start3         = 27 July 2002
| term_end3           = 17 September 2005
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'''Edwin Jock Perry''' (1948 – 4 June 2025) was a New Zealand politician. He was a [[New Zealand First]] Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2005.

==Early life==
Perry was born in 1948.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.nz/media/5741/roll-of-members-of-the-new-zealand-house-of-representatives-1854-onwards.pdf |title=Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards |date=24 May 2019 |website=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref> His father was Jock Perry, a farmer of English and Scottish ancestry from [[Tīnui]] in the [[Wairarapa]], and his mother was Atareta Maremare Eria of [[Māori people|Māori]] descent, affiliating with [[Rangitāne]] and [[Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/perry-clan-farewells-patriarch/NX5LSRZ6ZVJV3QW7P4EGMQJ2LA/ |title=Perry clan farewells patriarch |date=9 January 2008 |work=[[Wairarapa Times-Age]] |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Iwfzv-Mt3CdUl4bFRpbUhib1k/view?usp=sharing |title=Maiden statement – Edwin Perry (NZ First) |volume=602 |date=11 September 2002 |house=House of Representatives |jurisdiction=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/maori-should-go-for-votes-says-kaumatua/OVS4UPASBJJIEPFNW2QOTG36IY/ |title=Maori should go for votes, says kaumatua |first=Nathan |last=Crombie |work=[[Wairarapa Times-Age]] |date=16 May 2016 |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>

==Member of Parliament==
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Perry was first elected to Parliament as a [[list MP]] in the [[2002 New Zealand general election|2002 election]],<ref>"[http://www.times-age.co.nz/local/news/beyer-set-to-return-as-list-mp/3628680/ Beyer set to return as list MP] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720130740/http://www.times-age.co.nz/local/news/beyer-set-to-return-as-list-mp/3628680/ |date=20 July 2011 }}", ''Wairapara Times-Age'', 22 March 2005, retrieved 28 January 2010</ref> having also stood in the Wairarapa electorate. He formerly held office in the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]]'s organisational wing. Before entering politics, he worked in [[marketing]]. He lost his seat in the [[2005 New Zealand general election|2005 election]].<ref>"[http://www.times-age.co.nz/local/news/d-day-looms-for-nik/3656720/ D-Day looms for Nik] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720130813/http://www.times-age.co.nz/local/news/d-day-looms-for-nik/3656720/ |date=20 July 2011 }}", ''Wairapara Times-Age'', 14 October 2005, retrieved 2010-01-28, "former NZ First MP Edwin Perry"</ref>

==Life after Parliament==
From 2007 to 2010, Perry served as a [[Masterton District Council]]lor.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/peters-praises-perry-as-a-great-new-zealander/DSGWJCATQFZVWCNG54EN2RSK64/ |title=Peters praises Perry as a "great New Zealander" |work=[[Wairarapa Times-Age]] |date=15 January 2008 |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Our community leaders for the next three years |date=15 October 2007 |work=[[The Post (New Zealand newspaper)|Dominion Post]] |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mstn.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jr77ddvv17q9sn6a3db/hierarchy/Documents/Annual%20Reports/Previous%20Annual%20Reports/Annual%20Report%202010-11 |title=Masterton District Council Annual Report 2010/11 |page=4 |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref> At the [[2008 New Zealand general election|2008 general election]], he stood unsuccessfully for New Zealand First in the Wairarapa electorate, finishing third with 2646 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Count Results -- Wairarapa (2008) |url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/electorate-56.html |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref> At the [[2011 New Zealand general election|2011]] and [[2014 New Zealand general election|2014 general elections]], he was the New Zealand First candidate in the [[Taupō (New Zealand electorate)|Tāupo electorate]], coming fourth and third, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Count Results – Taupō |url=http://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2011/electorate-50.html |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |access-date=7 June 2025 |date=10 December 2011 |archive-date=23 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123125713/https://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2011/electorate-50.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official Count Results – Taupō |url= http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-51.html |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |access-date=7 June 2025 |date=10 December 2014}}</ref>

Perry died on 4 June 2025.<ref>{{Cite Hansard|title=Privilege — Consideration of Report of Privileges Committee|jurisdiction=New Zealand Parliament|house=House of Representatives|date=5 June 2025|volume=784|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20250605_20250605_20}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Local politicians in New Zealand]]


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