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He was educated at Laval University, where he graduated in In the same year he was called to the bar of the province of Quebec.

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In Parent was elected a member of the municipal council of Quebec, and served as mayor of the city from to From the year to he represented the county of Saint-Sauveur as a Liberal in the legislative assembly of his native province, and on the formation of the Marchand administration in he accepted the portfolio of minister of lands, forests and fisheries.

After Marchand's death in September he was called by the lieutenant-governor to form a cabinet, and continued in office as prime minister until his retirement from public life in August Parent proved a capable administrator of provincial and municipal affairs. Under his administration the finances of the city of Quebec were improved, an electric car service was provided, public parks were opened, a system of electric light was established and the streets were well paved.

In he became chairman of the Transcontinental railway of Canada.