Simon-Napoléon Parent
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Simon-Napoléon Parent (September 12, 1855 – September 7, 1920). Born in Quebec City he was the Liberal Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from October 3, 1900 to March 21, 1905. [1]
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[edit] Background
He was a lawyer by profession and his son, Georges Parent, was an MP in the Canadian House of Commons and later a Senator who served as Speaker of the Canadian Senate.
[edit] Member of the Legislature
Parent ran as a Liberal Party of Quebec candidate in the district of Saint-Sauveur in the 1890 election and won. He was re-elected in 1892 and 1897.
He resigned in 1897 when he was appointed to Félix-Gabriel Marchand’s Cabinet but was re-elected in the subsequent by-election and in 1900 and 1904.
[edit] Mayor of Quebec
Parent also served as mayor of Quebec City from 1894 to 1906.
[edit] Premier of Quebec
Marchand died in office in 1905 and Parent succeeded him.
[edit] Leadership Crisis and Retirement
However 44 Liberal MLAs, led by Lomer Gouin, Adélard Turgeon and William Alexander Weir, pressured him to resign in 1905.
[edit] Death
He died in Montreal in 1920. [2]
[edit] Elections as party leader
He won the 1900 election and the 1904 election and resigned in 1905.
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MLA, District of Saint-Sauveur 1890–1905 |
Succeeded by Charles-Eugène Côté, Liberal |
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