Georges Parent

The Hon.
Georges Parent
The Hon. Georges Parent
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Montmorency
	In office; 1904–1911
Preceded by	Thomas Chase-Casgrain
Succeeded by	Rodolphe Forget
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Quebec West
	In office; 1917–1930
Preceded by	William Power
Succeeded by	Maurice Dupré
Senator for Kennebec, Quebec
	In office; 1930–1942
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Louis Lavergne
Succeeded by	Cyrille Vaillancourt
Speaker of the Senate
	In office; 9 May 1940 – 14 December 1942
Preceded by	Walter Edward Foster
Succeeded by	Thomas Vien
Personal details
Born	15 December 1879; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Died	14 December 1942 (aged 62)
Political party	Liberal
Relations	Simon-Napoléon Parent, father; Charles Parent, brother

Georges Parent (15 December 1879 – 14 December 1942) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and Speaker of the Senate of Canada from 1940 until 1942.

Parent was born in Quebec City, the son of Simon-Napoléon Parent who served as Premier of Quebec from 1900 to 1905 and Mayor of Quebec City from 1894 until 1905.^[1]

He studied law at Université Laval and was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1904 and joined the law firm of Fitzpatrick, Parent, Taschereau, Roy and Cannon in Quebec City.^[1]

That same year, at the age of 25, Parent was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1904 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Montmorency, Quebec. As the youngest Member of Parliament and was asked by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier to second the motion on the Speech from the Throne.^[1] He was re-elected in 1908 but defeated in the 1911.^[2]

Out of office, Parent returned to his legal practice and pursued various business interests. He ultimately became president of Citadel Brick Ltd., Equitable Enterprises and of Wolfesfield Ltd., vice-president of Donnacona Paper Company and was a director of several other firms including the publisher of Le Soleil newspaper.^[2]

Parent returned to Parliament in the 1917 federal election as a Laurier-Liberal representing Quebec West. He remained an MP until 3 June 1930, when he was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King prior to the 1930 federal election.^[2]

In 1940, King named him Speaker of the Senate on 9 May 1940. Parent died in office on 14 December 1942.^[2]

Electoral record

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Montmorency
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Parent	1,292
	Conservative	Thomas Chase-Casgrain	1,035

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Montmorency
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Parent	1,388
	Conservative	Antoine Gobeil	1,073

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Montmorency
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rodolphe Forget	1,359
	Liberal	Georges Parent	1,292

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election: Quebec West
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Georges Parent	6,392
	Government (Unionist)	Henri Chassé	460

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election: Quebec West
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Parent	8,741
	Conservative	Pierre Bertrand	4,715

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election: Quebec West
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Parent	7,561
	Conservative	Charles Ratté	6,059

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election: Quebec West
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Parent	7,501
	Conservative	Camilien Joseph Lockwell	6,495

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Speakers of the Senate: Georges Parent, Parliament of Canada website". Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Georges Parent – Parliament of Canada biography

External links

"Parent, Georges". Répertoire du patrimoine bâti (in French). City of Quebec. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[senate-1] "Speakers of the Senate: Georges Parent, Parliament of Canada website". Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2007.

[parl-2] Georges Parent – Parliament of Canada biography

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