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Parker Burrell (February 6, 1937 – August 9, 2010) was a politician in Manitoba,
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. He was a member of the
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from 1988 to 1990, representing the northern riding of Swan River for the Progressive Conservative Party. Burrell was educated at
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,
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, and received a Certificate of Communications in
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. He worked as a commercial fisherman before entering political life, and was a Director of the Manitoba Federation of Fishermen for a time. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1988 election, defeating star
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incumbent Len Harapiak in Swan River. Despite being the only Tory MLA from northern Manitoba, he was not appointed to a
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position in the government of
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. In the 1990 election, he was defeated by NDP candidate
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(Harapiak's sister), 3872 votes to 3639. He did not run for political office again. In the mid-1990s, he received a significant loan from the Filmon government to construct a fish packing plant.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burrell, Parker Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs 1937 births 2010 deaths People from Parkland Region, Manitoba 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba