Editing Gilbert Parent (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Gilbert Parent
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image               = Gilbert Parent.jpg
| caption             = Parent in December 2000
| office              = 33rd [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the House of Commons]]
| term_start          = January 17, 1994
| term_end            = January 29, 2001
| predecessor         = [[John Allen Fraser]]
| successor           = [[Peter Milliken]]
| riding2             = [[Niagara Centre]]<br />{{small|([[Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold]]; 1988–1997)}}<br />{{small|([[Welland (electoral district)|Welland]]; 1979–1984)}}<br />{{small|([[St. Catharines (federal electoral district)|St. Catharines]]; 1974–1979)}}
| parliament2         = Canadian
| term_start2         = November 21, 1988
| term_end2           = November 27, 2000
| predecessor2        = [[Allan Pietz]]
| successor2          = [[Tony Tirabassi]]
| term_start3         = July 8, 1974
| term_end3           = September 4, 1984
| predecessor3        = [[Trevor Morgan (politician)|Trevor Morgan]]
| successor3          = Allan Pietz
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1935|07|25}}
| birth_place         = [[Mattawa, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2009|03|03|1935|07|25}}
| death_place         = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| party               = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| spouse              = Joan Parent (partner)<br />[[Sandra Page]]
| profession          = Teacher
| signature           = 
}}

'''Gilbert "Gib" Parent''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (July 25, 1935 – March 3, 2009) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]]. He is best known in his role as [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|speaker of the House of Commons]] between 1994 and 2001.

Parent was born on July 25, 1935, in [[Mattawa, Ontario]], and his janitor father, a Mattawa-born [[Métis|Metis]], moved the young family to [[Welland]], Ontario. He went to [[Saint Joseph's College (Indiana)|St. Joseph's College]] on a football scholarship, and earned a teaching certificate from the [[Ontario Institute for Studies in Education|Ontario College of Education]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120224063557/http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1461863 Former MP Gib Parent 'loved his country']. ''[[St. Catharines Standard]]'', March 4, 2009.</ref>

Prior to his election to the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]], he worked as a [[teacher]] and was [[vice-principal]] at [[Thorold Secondary School]].