What is John Havelock Parker?
'''John Havelock Parker''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (February 2, 1929 &ndash; March 9, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He was Commissioner of the Canadian [[Northwest Territories]] from April 15, 1979 to July 31, 1989.<ref>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/compilations/ProvinceTerritory/LieutenantGovernors.aspx?Current=False&Province=]{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zEp1LT7dQMoC&q=%22+PARKER,+John+Havelock,+o.c,+b.sc;+Canadian+government+official;+b.+2+Feb.+1929,+Didsbury,+Alberta;+s.+of*********%22 The International Who's Who 1992-93]</ref> He was [[Deputy Commissioner of Northwest Territories]] from 1967 to 1979. From 1964 to 1967, he was [[List of mayors of Yellowknife|Mayor]] of [[Yellowknife]]. Parker was born in [[Didsbury, Alberta|Didsbury]], [[Alberta]], Canada. Parker died on March 9, 2020 in [[British Columbia]] at the age of 91.<ref name=cbcdea>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/john-parker-obit-1.5494569 |title=John Parker, N.W.T. commissioner who quietly shed power, dies at 91| access-date=March 13, 2020|publisher = [[CBC News]]}}</ref><ref name=cabrdo>{{cite news|url=https://cabinradio.ca/31815/news/obituaries/john-parker-former-nwt-commissioner-and-yk-mayor-dead-at-91/ | access-date=March 13, 2020 |title=John Parker, former NWT commissioner and YK mayor, dead at 91|publisher = Cabin Radio}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, John}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian politicians]] [[Category:People from the Northwest Territories]] [[Category:Canadian mayors]] {{bio-stub}}