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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1879-1942)}}
{{for|French cyclist|Georges Parent (cyclist)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2022}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Georges Parent
| honorific_suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|KC|size=100%}}
| image            = Georges Parent.jpg
| constituency_MP  = [[Montmorency (federal electoral district)|Montmorency]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = [[Thomas Chase-Casgrain]]
| successor        = [[Rodolphe Forget]]
| term_start       = 1904
| term_end         = 1911

| constituency_MP2 = [[Quebec West]]
| parliament2      = Canadian
| predecessor2     = [[William Power (Canadian politician)|William Power]]
| successor2       = [[Maurice Dupré]]
| term_start2      = 1917
| term_end2        = 1930

| office3          = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for [[List of Quebec senators#Kennebec|Kennebec, Quebec]]
| appointed3       = [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]]
| predecessor3     = [[Louis Lavergne]]
| successor3       = [[Cyrille Vaillancourt]]
| term_start3      = 1930
| term_end3        = 1942

| office4          = [[Speaker of the Senate of Canada|Speaker of the Senate]]
| predecessor4     = [[Walter Edward Foster]]
| successor4       = [[Thomas Vien]]
| term_start4      = 9 May 1940
| term_end4        = 14 December 1942

| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1879|12|15}}
| birth_place      = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1942|12|14|1879|12|15}}
| death_place      = 
| nationality      = 
| spouse           = 
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| relations        = [[Simon-Napoléon Parent]], father<br />[[Charles Parent]], brother
| children         = 
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| alma_mater       = 
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}}
'''Georges Parent''' (15 December 1879 &ndash; 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.<ref name="senate">{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/SP-BL/sen/index.asp?Language=E&param=2&id=2285 |title=Speakers of the Senate: Georges Parent, Parliament of Canada website |accessdate=2007-02-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113212354/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/SP-BL/sen/index.asp?Language=E |archivedate=2007-11-13 }}</ref>

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.<ref name="senate"/>

That same year, at the age of 25, Parent was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1904 Canadian federal election|1904 federal election]] as the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Montmorency (federal electoral district)|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]].<ref name="senate"/> He was re-elected in [[1908 Canadian federal election|1908]] but defeated in the [[1911 Canadian federal election|1911]].<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=15304|nolist=yes}}</ref>

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 (Quebec)|Le Soleil]]'' newspaper.<ref name ="parl"/>

Parent returned to Parliament in the [[1917 Canadian federal election|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 Canadian federal election|1930 federal election]].<ref name="parl"/>

In 1940, King named him Speaker of the Senate on 9 May 1940. Parent died in office on 14 December 1942.<ref name="parl"/>

== Electoral record ==

{{1904 Canadian federal election/Montmorency}}
{{1908 Canadian federal election/Montmorency}}
{{1911 Canadian federal election/Montmorency}}
{{1917 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1921 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1925 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1926 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/patrimoine/bati/thesaurus.aspx?tid=2229633 | title=Parent, Georges | work=Répertoire du patrimoine bâti | publisher=City of Quebec | language=fr|accessdate=22 September 2024}}

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