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Walter Parsons
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Angas
In office
14 November 1925 – 12 October 1929
Preceded byMoses Gabb
Succeeded byMoses Gabb
Personal details
Born(1881-08-16)16 August 1881
Adelaide, South Australia
Died2 March 1955(1955-03-02) (aged 73)
Political partyNationalist Party of Australia
OccupationShopkeeper

Walter Langdon Parsons (16 August 1881 – 2 March 1955) was an Australian politician.

Parsons was born at North Adelaide, the son of politician John Langdon Parsons and half-brother of Herbert Angas Parsons. He was educated at Queen's School, Angaston Public School and Whinham College. He worked for D & W Murray Limited from 1898, and in 1906 became a storekeeper in Gladstone, operating the Gladstone branch of F. C. Catt Specialty Stores. He renamed the store the W. L. Parsons Stores in 1912. In local government, Parsons was mayor of the Corporate Town of Gladstone from 1914 to 1916. He attempted to enlist for World War I service on 1 November 1918, but was deferred at the recruiting depot.

Parsons sold his Gladstone stores in 1919 and became a citrus grower at Paradise. In January 1922, he bought E. J. Woodroffe's store in Kadina, and operated it as W. Parsons & Co. until closing the business in December 1925 upon his election to parliament. He moved to Haldon Gardens (now in Kensington Park) by 1925, and served as a District Council of Burnside councillor for the Kensington Park Ward. Parsons was also a lay reader of the Anglican Church for over 20 years, a member of the standing committees of the Willochra and later Adelaide dioceses, and a vice-president of the Demobilised Soldiers' Association.

In 1925, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Nationalist member for Angas, defeating sitting Labor MP Moses Gabb. He held the seat until his defeat by Gabb in 1929, whereupon he became an insurance agent. Parsons died in 1955.

References

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  7. "Advertising". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. LIX, no. 6872. South Australia. 23 December 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 6 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "MR. GABB BEATEN". Queensland Times. Vol. LXVI, no. 12, 282. Queensland, Australia. 24 November 1925. p. 5 (DAILY.). Retrieved 6 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
Civic offices
Preceded byJ. Eley Mayor of Gladstone (SA)
1914–1916 		Succeeded byF. C. Grubb
Parliament of Australia
Preceded byMoses Gabb Member for Angas
1925 – 1929 		Succeeded byMoses Gabb


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