John Parker (Canadian politician)
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Parker in 2012
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| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 26 (Don Valley West) | |
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In office December 1, 2006 – December 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jane Pitfield |
| Succeeded by | Jon Burnside |
| Deputy Speaker of Toronto City Council | |
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In office December 1, 2010 – December 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Gloria Lindsay Luby |
| Succeeded by | Shelley Carroll |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1995–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Malkowski |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | York East |
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| Born | 1954 (age 62–63) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
John L. Parker (born c. 1954) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for York East from 1995 to 1999. From 2006 to 2014 he was a Toronto city councillor for Ward 26, which includes the neighbourhoods of Leaside and Flemingdon Park. From 2010 to 2014 he was appointed as Deputy Speaker.
Parker graduated from the University of Toronto, then Osgoode Hall Law School in 1980, and worked as a lawyer. After moving to the Leaside area he became active in the community and was a founding member of the board of the Bessborough Child Care Centre. He is a member of the Leaside United Church. He has coached community baseball, soccer and hockey teams. He served on the Board of the Leaside Hockey Rink and chaired the East York Committee of Adjustment.
In 2001, Parker helped found the Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians. The association's objectives include offering experience in support of parliamentary democracy in a non-partisan way and to foster good relations between current members. Parker serves on the Board of Directors of the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy, a non-partisan, charitable organization that facilitates education, discussion and debate about Canada’s parliamentary democracy.
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent New Democrat Gary Malkowski by 3,263 votes in the riding of York East. He served in Mike Harris's government for the next four years. During that time he was parliamentary assistant to Native Affairs.
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