Background
Parnell was born at Pimlico, London, to Horatio Inglis Parnell and his wife Louisa (née Davis). Within a few weeks of having arrived, his father died in Rockhampton.
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Arthur Parnell
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Education
He attended Saint John"s College, Battersea before going on to Saint Mark"s College, Chelsea and in 1871, his family sailed to Australia aboard the Light Brigade.
Career
Parnell started work at a station in the Street Lawrence area of Queensland and later managed a general store in Peak Downs. Parnell began his political career in local councils. As an independent, Parnell contested the seat of Barcoo in the 1893 colonial election but was defeated by the Labour candidate, George Kerr.
In March 1908, he was appointed by William Kidston to the Queensland Legislative Council and served for 14 years until the Council was abolished in March 1922.
By then he had virtually retired from politics and was living at Taringa in Brisbane, having moved there in 1913.
Membership
He was a member of the Livingstone Shire Council, and chairman of both the Kargoolnah and Barcaldine Divisional Boards. He moved to Rockhampton and was often asked to once again stand for election at a state level but always refused and instead became of member of the Rockhampton Council in 1902, eventually going on to be mayor in 1904 and 1907.
