Parker Burrell (February 6, 1937 – August 9, 2010) was a politician in Manitoba,

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. He was a member of the

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from 1988 to 1990, representing the northern riding of Swan River for the Progressive Conservative Party. Burrell was educated at

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, and received a Certificate of Communications in

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. He worked as a commercial fisherman before entering political life, and was a Director of the Manitoba Federation of Fishermen for a time. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1988 election, defeating star NDP incumbent Len Harapiak in Swan River. Despite being the only Tory MLA from northern Manitoba, he was not appointed to a

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position in the government of

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Gary Filmon. In the 1990 election, he was defeated by NDP candidate Rosann Wowchuk (Harapiak's sister), 3872 votes to 3639. He did not run for political office again. In the mid-1990s, he received a significant loan from the Filmon government to construct a fish packing plant.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burrell, Parker Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs 1937 births 2010 deaths People from Parkland Region, Manitoba