predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end occupation
don mcinnes muriel baillie alfie macleod john macdonell muriel baillie karla macfarlane gordie gosse zach churchill durham , nova scotia ndp mla assembly of nova scotia minister of natural resources for pictou west speaker of the house of 1951 march 25 , 2009 january 11 , 2011 24 , 1998 august 5 , 2003 june loch broom , nova scotia charlie parker -lrb- nova scotia politician -rrb-
 july 11 , 2011 october 22 , 2013 27 , 1999 october 8 , 2013 january educator
charlie parker -lrb- nova scotia politician -rrb-

charles lewis `` charlie '' parker is a former canadian educator and politician who represented the constituency of pictou west in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1998 to 1999 , and from 2003 to 2013 .
he sat as a member of the nova scotia new democratic party .
parker was born and raised on his family 's farm in durham .
a graduate of west pictou district high school , parker is a graduate of the nova scotia teachers college and he also graduated from acadia university with a bsc .
parker worked as a public school teacher as well as owning and operating a garden centre/nursery and was a realtor .
parker currently lives in loch broom and is married with two children .
