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PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

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PARENT, See also:SIMON See also:NAPOLEON (1855– ) , See also:Canadian politician, son of Simon Polycarpe Parent, See also:merchant, was See also:born in the See also:village of Beauport, in the See also:province of See also:Quebec, on the 12th of See also:September 1855. He was educated at See also:Laval University, where he graduated in 1881. In the same See also:year he was called to the See also:bar of the province of Quebec. He married in 1877 See also:Marie See also:Louise See also:Clara Gendron, of Beauport. In 1890 Parent was elected a member of the municipal See also:council of Quebec, and served as See also:mayor of the See also:city from 1894 to 1906. From the year 1890 to 1905 he represented the See also:county of See also:Saint-Sauveur as a Liberal in the legislative See also:assembly of his native province, and on the formation of the Marchand See also:administration in 1897 he accepted the See also:port-See also:folio of See also:minister of lands, forests and See also:fisheries. After Marchand's See also:death in September 1900 he was called by the See also:lieutenant-See also:governor to See also:form a See also:cabinet, and continued in See also:office as See also:prime minister until his retirement from public See also:life in See also:August 1905. Parent proved a capable See also:administrator of provincial and municipal affairs. Under his administration the finances of the city of Quebec were improved, an electric See also:car service was provided, public parks were opened, a See also:system of electric See also:light was established and the streets were well paved. In 1905 he became chairman of the Transcontinental railway of See also:Canada.

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