Kelvin Parsons

Kelvin Parsons
QC, MHA, LLB, BA (Hons.)
Interim leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
August 16, 2010 – February 2011
Preceded byYvonne Jones
Succeeded byYvonne Jones
MHA for Burgeo and La Poile
In office
1999 – September 19, 2011
Preceded byBill Ramsay
Succeeded byAndrew Parsons
Personal details
Political partyLiberal
SpouseDonna Lomond
Children3 (Kristopher, Andrew & Adam)
Alma materMemorial University of Newfoundland, University of New Brunswick
CabinetMinister of Justice and Attorney General
(January 2000-April 2000)
Deputy House Leader
(April 2002-October 2003)

Kelvin Parsons is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represented the district of Burgeo and La Poile from 1999 to 2011. Parsons served as interim party leader from August 2010 until March 2011, while Liberal leader Yvonne Jones was undergoing treatments and recovering from breast cancer.[1]

Parsons became a member of the Newfoundland Law Society in 1980 and maintained a private practice in Port aux Basques until his election to the House of Assembly in 1999.

Parsons was first elected in 1999. In January 2000, he was named justice minister of the province.[2] He held that position until 2003 when the Liberal government was defeated. Parsons was one of only three Liberal elected in the 2007 election.[3][4][5] In June 2011, Parsons announced that he would not seek re-election in the 2011 provincial election.[6] His son Andrew Parsons sought the open Liberal nomination,[7][8] and was elected as the district's new MHA.[9]

  1. ^ "N.L. Liberal Leader Jones has breast cancer". CBC News. August 13, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "Premier Tobin announces Cabinet Shuffle". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. January 13, 2000. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Heartbreak for Liberals as Grit vote collapses". CBC News, October 9, 2007.
  4. ^ "Former minister calls Liberal collapse 'catastrophic'". CBC News. October 10, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "Jones takes on interim Liberal leadership". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. November 15, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "MHA Kelvin Parsons won't run in N.L. election". CBC News. June 13, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  7. ^ "Andrew Parsons seeks Liberal nomination". The Gulf News. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013.
  8. ^ "Andrew Parsons says he'll run on his own merit". The Western Star. June 28, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  9. ^ "Plenty of new faces heading to Confederation Building". CBC News. October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2017.