12 Facts About Sidney Parsons

Sidney Parsons was educated in Plymouth, but he and his parents immigrated to New Jersey in the early 1900s.

Sidney Parsons attended technical schools there, and began work as a bricklayer with the Standard Oil Company in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Sidney Parsons first sought elected office in the 1931 Edmonton election, when he ran for Edmonton City Council as an aldermanic candidate.

Sidney Parsons finished seventh of fifteen candidates, and was not elected.

Sidney Parsons fared similarly in the 1932 and 1934 elections.

Sidney Parsons was re-elected in 1940,1942,1944,1946, and 1948 elections.

Sidney Parsons resigned halfway through his two-year aldermanic term to run for mayor in the 1949 election.

Sidney Parsons narrowly won the five candidate field, and was elected to a two-year term.

Sidney Parsons sought re-election in the 1951 election, but was soundly defeated by William Hawrelak.

Sidney Parsons was president of the Ex-Servicemen's Association and was an executive member of the Montgomery branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Sidney Parsons served as a labour representative on the Edmonton Hospital Board.

Sidney Parsons died April 22,1955, after a cerebral embolism and was buried at the Edmonton Municipal Cemetery.