John Havelock Parker

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John Havelock Parker
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
In office April 15, 1979 – July 31, 1989
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau Joe Clark John Turner Brian Mulroney
Premier	George Braden Richard Nerysoo Nick Sibbeston Dennis Patterson
Preceded by	Stuart Milton Hodgson
Succeeded by	Daniel L. Norris
Mayor of Yellowknife
In office 1964 – February 1967
Preceded by	Ted Horton
Succeeded by	C. M. "Chet" Wilkinson
Personal details
Born	(1929-02-02) February 2, 1929 Didsbury, Alberta, Canada
Alma mater	University of Alberta
Profession	geologist

John Havelock Parker, OC (born February 2, 1929) was Commissioner of the Canadian Northwest Territories from April 15, 1979 to July 31, 1989. He had previously been Deputy Commissioner of Northwest Territories from 1967 to 1979.

From 1959 until 1963 he sat on the Yellowknife town council. In 1963 he became the mayor of Yellowknife, which he held until February 1967. While serving as mayor he was appointed to the Carrothers Commission which led to the formation of responsible government in the Northwest Territories and later the division that led to Nunavut.

His later work helped in defining the border between the NWT and Nunavut and his name was given to a protrusion known as Parker's Notch as well as Parker Line.

In 1986, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his "significant contributions to the evolution and development both of the municipal government of Yellowknife and of the territorial government".

He has 6 grandchildren: Alyssa and Michael Duke; Graeme, Nigel, Victoria, and Alyson Parker.

External links

• Government of Northwest Territories past Commissioners