Roy Prince Edward Perry (1905–1972) was a Canadian dentist, politician, and community leader from Windsor, Ontario.
He was the first Black Canadian to be on Windsor's governing Board of Control, President of the Essex County Dental Association, and a long-serving alderman for his ward.
As an elected official, he focused on redeveloping certain areas of the city and increasing recreational opportunities for the local youth.
[3] He was involved in many sports such as football, baseball, basketball, and track and field while attending Patterson Collegiate in Windsor.
In his role as an elected official, Perry secured provincial and federal funding to redevelop areas of the city.
[3] In 1964 Perry was re-elected as alderman, and also announced his intention to seek the Liberal party seat for the provincial riding of Windsor-Sandwich.
[5] The redevelopment plan for downtown Windsor has been attributed to Roy Perry, including the McDougall Street Corridor.
[11] They initially lived in Los Angeles, where Charlotte Brontë Perry worked in the advertising department of a newspaper, before returning to Windsor in 1940.
[13] This text is considered a definitive work on black history in Windsor, a project since expanded by researchers at Biblioasis and the North Star Cultural Community Centre through a 2018 sequel titled The Long Road Continues.