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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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'''John Edmund Parry''' (born February 6, 1946) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] politician. He served in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] from 1984 to 1988, as a member of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]].▼
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}
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| constituency_MP2 = [[Kenora—Rainy River (federal electoral district)|Kenora—Rainy River]]
| parliament2 = Canadian
| predecessor2 = [[John Mercer Reid]]
| successor2 = [[Bob Nault]]
| term_start2 = September 4, 1984
| term_end2 = November 20, 1988
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|2|6}}
| birth_place = [[London]], [[England]]
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| nationality = Canadian
| spouse = Jen Chu-Fai (m. 1976)<ref name="cpg">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DT2IAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Parry,+john+edmund%22+1946 |title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien - Google Books |date=1985 |accessdate=2019-10-28}}</ref>
| party = [[New Democratic Party]]
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| children = two
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| alma_mater = [[University of Western Ontario]]
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| profession = business consultant
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▲'''John Edmund Parry''' (born February 6, 1946) is a [[
==History==
Parry was born in [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. He was educated at [[Woodford Green]] in [[Essex]], England, and at the [[University of Western Ontario]] in [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Ontario]]. Parry has a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree, and works as a business consultant. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he served for six years as [[mayor]] of [[Sioux Lookout, Ontario|Sioux Lookout]] in [[Northern Ontario]].
He first campaigned for the House of Commons in the [[1979 Canadian federal election
Parry was finally elected in Kenora-Rainy River to the House of Commons on his third attempt, in the [[1984 Canadian federal election
He was defeated in the [[1988 Canadian federal election
Parry moved to [[Manitoba]] in 1993 (''Winnipeg Free Press'', 5 September 2000). He sought election to the Winnipeg City Council in 1995, but lost to
He campaigned as the New Democratic Party candidate in [[
During the early 1990s, Parry testified before a committee of the Ontario legislature on the state of Canada's constitution. He argued that Canadians were correct to reject the [[Meech Lake Accord]], and made a series of recommendations for a future constitutional accord.[https://web.archive.org/web/20051121174336/http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/committee_debates/35_parl/session1/ontario/C005.htm#P68_12611]
{{As of|2005}}, Parry
He was nominated as the NDP candidate for Saskatoon—Wanuskewin in 2005, but when the election was delayed until 2006 he resigned his nomination when offered a position in Swift Current, and [[
Parry returned to Saskatoon later in 2006 and embarked on a career managing NGOs. He held three Executive Directorships before retirement in 2010. He was again nominated to contest Saskatoon—Wanuskewin; the
== Electoral history ==
{{CANelec/top|CA|13 May 2002|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec/note|On Mr. Duhamel being called to the Senate, 15 January 2002}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Raymond Simard]]|8,862|42.8|-9.3}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Denis Simard|4,497|21.7|-1.4}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Mike Reilly|3,583|17.3|5.7}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|John Parry|3,106|15.0|+2.0}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Chris Buors|435|2.1| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Jean-Paul Kabashiki|210|1.0| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|20,693 |100.0}}
{{end}}
{{2000 Canadian federal election/Saint Boniface—Saint Vital}}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=8339}}
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