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, Parrot studied at the

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and the

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. He became a physician in 1897 and practised general medicine in Deschaillons from 1897 to 1905. He did a surgery internship in Paris in 1905 and 1906. Returning to Quebec, he was a physician and surgeon in Fraserville (

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) from 1907 to 1939. Parrot was elected to the

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for Témiscouata in 1916. A Liberal, he was acclaimed in 1919. He resigned in 1921. He was defeated as the Liberal candidate for the

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in a 1924 by-election in Témiscouata losing to

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. He died in

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in 1948.

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1871 births 1948 deaths Physicians from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Politicians from Chaudière-Appalaches Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Université Laval alumni 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub