Harry Craig Parrott (November 30, 1925 – July 2, 2019) was a politician from

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, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the

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from 1971 to 1981 who represented the riding

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. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of

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Background

He was born in Mitchell, Ontario in 1925 and was educated in Mitchell and at the

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, receiving a D.D.S. in 1947. He was president of the

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for Oxford County. He died at a hospital in

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in 2019, aged 93.

Politics

Parrott was a member of the Woodstock board of education, served on city council for

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. In 1971 he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of

. He defeated Liberal incumbent Gordon Innes by 3,024 votes. He was re-elected in 1975 and 1977. In October 1975 he was appointed as Minister of Colleges and Universities. In August 1978, he was appointed as Minister of Environment.

Cabinet positions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parrott, Harry 1925 births 2019 deaths Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs University of Toronto alumni 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario