Harry Craig Parrott (November 30, 1925 – July 2, 2019) was a politician from
Ontario
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, Canada. He was a
Progressive Conservative member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1971 to 1981 who represented the riding
Oxford
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. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of
Bill Davis
William Grenville Davis, (July 30, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the member of provincial Parliament for Peel in the 1959 provincia ...
.
Background
He was born in
Mitchell, Ontario
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in 1925 and was educated in Mitchell and at the
University of Toronto
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, receiving a
D.D.S. in 1947. He was president of the
Red Cross
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for
Oxford County. He died at a hospital in
Clinton, Ontario
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in 2019, aged 93.
Politics
Parrott was a member of the Woodstock board of education, served on city council for
Woodstock
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.
In 1971 he ran as the
Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of
Oxford
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. He defeated
Liberal
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Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
incumbent
Gordon Innes by 3,024 votes.
He was re-elected in 1975 and 1977.
In October 1975 he was appointed as
Minister of Colleges and Universities.
In August 1978, he was appointed as
Minister of Environment.
Cabinet positions
References
External links
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1925 births
2019 deaths
Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
University of Toronto alumni