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Francis R. Parker

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Frances R. Parker (1800 – August 21, 1894) was a farmer, lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Hants County from 1855 to 1859 and Colchester County from 1863 to 1867 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Reformer.

He was born in Newport, Nova Scotia, the son of Thomas Parker and Mary McHeffey, the daughter of Richard McHeffey. Parker was married twice: first to Mary Anne McHeffey and then to Elizabeth Etter. He was a magistrate for Colchester County from 1824 to 1894. Parker died in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.

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  • A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)