Education
He was educated at Albert College in Belleville and went on to farm in Prince Edward County.
He was educated at Albert College in Belleville and went on to farm in Prince Edward County.
He was first elected as a Liberal Modern Language Association for Prince Edward in the 1914 provincial election and served in the assembly until 1923. Born in Ameliasburgh, Ontario. Without any experienced member who could serve as Speaker, the new Premier, East.C. Drury, turned to the opposition benches and asked Parliament to take on the position.
As a result, Parliament resigned from the Ontario Liberal Party and took the Speaker"s chair as an Independent.
While it is the practice in the British House of Commons for the Speaker to resign his or her party affiliation, Nelson Parliament is the only Speaker in the history of the Ontario legislature to shed his party affiliation. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1923.
After leaving politics, Parliament became a behind-the-scenes organizer for the Liberal Party. He died in Greencastle, Indiana in 1967.