About the Peter Perry Award

Peter Perry was a founder of the Town of Whitby; an astute businessman and truly dedicated to his community. He served as an elected representative to the Parliament of Upper Canada, as Whitby’s Township representative to the Home District Council, and was instrumental in the formation of Ontario County with Whitby as the County Town. The 2022 Peter Perry winner is Joe Drumm.

It is this spirit, enthusiasm, and dedication to the community that the WCC is proud to recognize today. Many people in our community give countless hours to make the Town of Whitby a better place. The Peter Perry Award is an extension of that commitment to giving back to our town and honours one outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to the community.

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Peter Perry Award Winners 1955 to 1959

1955 Donald Wilson
1956 Eric Clarke
1957 William Davidson
1958 Charles Stafford
1959 Neil Murkar

Peter Perry Award Winners 1960 to 1969

1960 Lloyd Gibson
1961 Norman Irwin
1962 Edward Bowman
1963 not presented
1964 not presented
1965 not presented
1966 not presented
1967 not presented
1968 Ronald Hawkins
1969 John Visser

Peter Perry Award Winners 1970 to 1979

1970 Bill Nurse
1971 Edith Bedell
1972 Jack Woodward
1973 Brian Winter
1974 Carl Mantz
1975 Pat Wilcox
1976 Altamae Eberlee
1977 Gertrude Drew
1978 Bert Heaver
1979 George Lofthouse

Peter Perry Award Winners 1980 to 1989

1980 Benoit LaHaye
1981 Joyce Cox
1981 Marion Irwin
1981 Mandy Crawford
1982 not presented
1983 Harry Inkpen
1984 Bryan T. Davies
1985 Nigel Schilling
1986 Joan Hiscox
1987 Joseph Ruddy
1988 Elizabeth Weldon
1989 William Wallace

Peter Perry Award Winners 1990 to 1999

1990 Kenneth Hobbs
1991 Henry Perry
1992 Bert & Grace Guthrie
1993 Jim Souch
1994 John McKinney
1995 Kenneth Corner
1996 Bob & MaryJean Heron
1997 Mary Lofthouse
1998 Catharine Tunney
1999 Pearl Ault

Peter Perry Award Winners 2000 to 2009

2000 Anne Nurse
2001 David Sims
2002 Donald Fleming
2003 Barry Mount
2004 Elsie Myette
2005 Christine Elliott
2006 Joyce Marshall
2007 Peter Irvine
2008 Eleanor Stevenson
2009 Wilson Paterson

Peter Perry Award Winners 2010 to 2019

2010 Jim Lavelle
2011 Desmond Newman
2012 John Vickery
2013 Grant Souter
2014 Charles Rycroft
2015 Susan Pitchforth
2016 Mary Nurse
2017 Trevor Bardens
2018 Doug Allingham
2019 Jim Flaherty

Peter Perry Award Winners 2020 to 2029

2020 Terry Johnston
2021 Howard Humphrey
2022 Joe Drumm

2023 Fred (R) Martin