Pam Parsons

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| name = Pam Parsons

| honorific-suffix = MHA

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| assembly = Newfoundland and Labrador House of

| constituency_AM = Harbour Grace-Port de Grave

| term_start = November 30, 2015

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| predecessor = Riding Established

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|office1 = Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equality

|term_start1 = April 8, 2021{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/furey-liberal-cabinet-1.5977952 |title=John Abbott, Pam Parsons among Furey's additions to cabinet |date=April 8, 2021 |first=Mike |last=Moore|publisher=CBC News Nfld. & Labrador |access-date=March 5, 2022}}

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|predecessor1 = Lisa Dempster

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Pamela Parsons is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/provincial-election-candidates-1.3343999 "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"]. CBC News, November 30, 2015. She represents the electoral district of Harbour Grace-Port de Grave as a member of the Liberal Party.

In a special August 2017 sitting of the House of Assembly, Parsons ran for Speaker of the Assembly; she was defeated by fellow Liberal Perry Trimper.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/house-speaker-election-1.4238069|title=Trial by fire: Trimper elected House Speaker, presides over unexpected question period|publisher=CBC News|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=August 9, 2017}} In 2018, Parsons gained notable attention for her role in the House of Assembly harassment scandal; specifically for filing a complaint against then-Cabinet Minister Dale Kirby.{{Cite web|title=Harassment scandal sparks proposed changes in N.L. legislature|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/harassment-scandal-sparks-proposed-changes-in-n-l-legislature|access-date=April 12, 2021 |website=nationalpost|language=en-CA}}

Parsons was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 provincial elections.{{cite news |title=Here are all the MHAs elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-election-list-of-winners-1.5965873 |publisher=CBC News |date=March 27, 2021}} On April 8, 2021, she was appointed Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equality.{{cite web |title=Premier Furey Appoints New Cabinet |url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2021/exec/0408n01/|date=April 8, 2021 |publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}

Prior to her entry into politics, Parsons was a journalist reporting for CBC's Here and Now NL, CBC Radio NL, Roger's TV St. John's, NL "Out of the Fog". She was the producer for First Local News, Roger's TV, in Owen Sound, Ontario. Parsons was also a Video Journalist for NTV News Newfoundland Broadcasting Co. She is a musician and performs at many charitable functions.