William L. Parment (born March 5, 1942) is an American politician from
New York.
Parment was born on March 5, 1942, in
Jamestown, New York, and raised in
Ellington. He is a "sixth generation
Chautauqua County native". He graduated
A.A.S.
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from the State University Agricultural and Technical College and
B.S.
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from
SUNY New Paltz. He worked as a civil technician within the construction industry as well as a facilities planner for the
State University of New York.
He entered politics as a
Democrat
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, and in 1974 ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the
39th District, losing to the incumbent
James F. Hastings
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Early life
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.
Parment was a member of the
New York State Assembly from 1983 to 2010, sitting in the
185th,
186th,
187th,
188th,
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,
190th,
191st,
192nd,
193rd,
194th,
195th,
196th,
197th and
198th New York State Legislature
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On June 8, 2009, ...
s. he represented District 150, which includes most of Chautauqua County (all except the towns that border
Cattaraugus County on Chautauqua's east side, including the cities of
Jamestown and
Dunkirk. He was the Co-Chairman of the Legislative Taskforce on Demographic Research and Reapportionment.
Parment announced his retirement at the end of 2010. Republican
Andy Goodell
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, a former county executive of Chautauqua County, was elected as his replacement effective January 2011. Since his retirement, Parment has resided in
Ithaca, New York
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.
"Life after office: Bill Parment now lives in Ithaca"
''Capitol Confidential'', 11 February 2013
References
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Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Politicians from Jamestown, New York
State University of New York at New Paltz alumni
Living people
21st-century American politicians
1942 births