Jacques Parent (September 24, 1862 – February 6, 1918)
was a politician in
Manitoba, Canada. He served in the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1917 as a member of the
Conservative Party
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.
He was born in
Rimouski,
Canada East
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,
the son of Francois Parent and Adelaide Tremblay, and came to Manitoba with his family in 1876 by way of
Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The family settled on a ''
Dominion Lands Act'' homestead in the
Letellier area. Parent was a farmer, grain dealer and financial agent. He also served on the board of the Manitoba Agricultural College. In 1894, he married Odille Henry.
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the
provincial election of 1914, defeating incumbent
Liberal Thomas Molloy
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by 262 votes in the constituency of
Morris. The Conservatives won a majority government in this election, and Parent served as a backbench supporter of
Rodmond Roblin's administration.
The Roblin government was forced to resign in 1915 amid a corruption scandal, and the Conservatives were badly defeated in the
election of 1915.
Parent was one of only five Conservatives elected, defeating Molloy
by fifty-seven votes.
Parent died in office in
Rochester, Minnesota
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in 1918.
References
1862 births
1918 deaths
Franco-Manitoban people
People from Rimouski
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs
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