John Draper Perrin

John Draper Perrin (August 26, 1890 – September 19, 1967) was a Canadian entrepreneur, mining executive and civic leader.

Perrin was born in Medicine Hat, North-West Territories, to William Perrin, a former British soldier in the Wolseley Expedition, (1st Battalion, 60th King's Royal Rifles) and Sergeant in the North West Mounted Police and Sarah Lytle; both parents were Irish immigrants. Perrin attended school in Regina and Winnipeg, including Aberdeen School.

He worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway land office from 1906 to 1908, eventually embarking on a mining career. Perrin founded and developed the San Antonio Gold Mine, serving as president from 1931 to 1962. The San Antonio mine was the first dividend paying metal mine between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains in Canada. He financed development of the mining town of Bissett, Manitoba.

Having successfully secured the financial support of Noah Timmins and Hollinger Mines Perrin took the stock public in 1934, one of the first in Manitoba on the . The offering made him one of Canada's wealthiest citizens. He was also an early adopter of commercial aviation, organizing charter service Wings Limited, later purchased by Canadian Pacific Airways. Perrin has been credited as the first person in the world to use an aircraft to access a remote mining site. He was financier and president of the minor pro Winnipeg Warriors Hockey Club in the 1950s. Perrin was inducted with the 1955-56 Warriors team into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in the Champions category as winners of the Edinburgh Trophy.

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