Gilbert Parent
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The Honourable Gilbert Parent PC MP |
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| 33rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons | |
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In office 1994 – January 29, 2001 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Ray Hnatyshyn Roméo LeBlanc Adrienne Clarkson |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | John Allen Fraser |
| Succeeded by | Peter Milliken |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for St. Catharines |
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In office 1974–1979 |
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| Preceded by | Trevor Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Joe Reid |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Welland |
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In office 1979–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Victor Railton |
| Succeeded by | Allan Pietz |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold |
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In office 1988–1997 |
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| Preceded by | Allan Pietz |
| Succeeded by | riding redistributed |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Niagara Centre |
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In office 1997–2000 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Tony Tirabassi |
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July 25, 1935 Mattawa, Ontario |
| Died | March 3, 2009 (aged 73) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Parent, partner Sandra Page |
| Profession | teacher |
Gilbert "Gib" Parent, PC (July 25, 1935 – March 3, 2009) was a Canadian Member of Parliament. He is best known in his role of Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons between 1994 and 2001.
Parent was born on July 25, 1935, in Mattawa, Ontario and his janitor father moved the young family to Welland, Ontario. He went to St. Joseph's College on a football scholarship, and earned a teaching certificate from the Ontario College of Education.
Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he worked as a teacher and was vice-principal at Thorold Secondary School.
Parent was elected to Parliament six times as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was first elected in the 1974 election representing the riding of St. Catharines. He was re-elected in the 1979, 1980. Parent was defeated in the 1984 election as Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party swept to power, but regained his seat four years later in 1988, and was re-elected in the 1993 and 1997 elections.
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