Alex Parent
Alexander A. (Alex) Parent was a trade union official and, for one term, was a member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly.
Parent was president of United Auto Workers Local 195 in Windsor, Ontario in the 1940s,[1] and a supporter of the Communist Party of Canada, which at the time was known as the Labor-Progressive Party.[2] In the 1945 Ontario general election, Parent was nominated by the UAW-CIO as one of three Labour candidates in the election. Parent ran in Essex North, George Burt, the UAW's Canadian director, ran in Windsor-Walkerville and Windsor mayor Arthur Reaume ran in Windsor—Sandwich. All three were jointly nominated by the Communist Labor-Progressive Party and the Ontario Liberal Party and ran as Liberal-Labour candidates[3] and targeted ridings held by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.[4][2] Parent was elected, and initially sat with the Liberal Party but quit the Liberal group in the legislature in January 1946 in order to sit as a "straight Labor representative", working and voting with Labor-Progressive MPPs J.B. Salsberg and A. A. MacLeod.[5]
He remained president of Local 195 until March 1946 when he defeated by Earl Watson by 2,200 votes to 1,600 votes.[6]
Parent did not run in the 1948 Ontario general election, and his riding was re-taken by the CCF.[7][8] He died on December 25, 1961, at the age of 53.[9]
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- ↑ Ford Tension Subsides; Local 195 Waits Results Ford, Ken. The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 06 May 1944: 3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Canadian Auto Workers History, Ch 5 Delivering the Goods". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
- ↑ "Liberals Labor's Best Hope Hepburn Informs Windsor", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]. 24 Apr 1945: 3.
- ↑ Labor in Politics: Both CCL and TLC Organist PAC's to Take Part in Coming Elections LEABY, DILLON O. The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 01 May 1945: 5.
- ↑ Parent Quits Liberal Party, The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 14 Jan 1946: 8.
- ↑ Auto Workers Elect Hew Slate, The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 04 Mar 1946: 13.
- ↑ Post Mortem: Public Resentment Against Rising Prices and Housing Shortages Aided CCF Cause, Parry, Ross.The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 10 June 1948: 5.
- ↑ PC's Lead Field With Candidate In Every Riding for June 7 VoteThe Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 01 June 1948: 8.
- ↑ "Alex A. Parent", The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 27 Dec 1961: 4.