Reginald John Marsden Parker, (February 7, 1881 – March 23, 1948) was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan

The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan is the viceregal representative in Saskatchewan of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the...

 from 1945 until his death in 1948.

Parker was born in Cornwall

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, England

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, United Kingdom

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, the son of John William Parker, and emigrated to Canada in 1898. He worked as a farmhand before establishing a homestead

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 in Togo

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 in what is now Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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He got involved with local politics and was elected councilor in the rural municipality of Cote

Cote No. 271, Saskatchewan

Cote No. 271 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the Census Division 9. The seat of the municipality is located in the Town of Kamsack.-Demographics:...

 in 1904. He served as reeve from 1906 to 1932.

In 1904, Parker married Cecilie Margaret Mapleton.

In the 1929 Saskatchewan provincial election

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, Parker was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 as the Liberal

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 MLA for Pelly and sat on the opposition bench.

He was re-elected in the 1934 provincial election

Saskatchewan general election, 1934

The Saskatchewan general election of 1934 was the eighth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

 in which the Liberals took power. Parker was appointed to the provincial cabinet

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 of James Garfield Gardiner

James Garfield Gardiner

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 as Minister of Municipal Affairs. He served in the portfolio for ten years until the Saskatchewan CCF took power in the 1944 provincial election

Saskatchewan general election, 1944

The Saskatchewan general election of 1944 was the tenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 15, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

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Parker was appointed lieutenant governor

Lieutenant governor

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 of the province by federal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King

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and was sworn in on June 25, 1945. He served until his death almost three years later.