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[[File:David J. Parker.jpg|thumb|175px|Parker campaigning during the 2008 federal election]]

'''David James Parker''' (born 1947) is a politician from [[Alberta]], Canada. He was the leader of the [[Alberta Greens]] from 1996 to 2001. He has also been a perennial candidate running in federal and provincial elections.

==Political career==
Parker first ran for a seat in the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] in the [[1993 Alberta general election]]. He ran in the electoral district of [[Edmonton-Gold Bar]]. He was defeated finishing second last in a field of six candidates. Liberal incumbent [[Bettie Hewes]] won the electoral district with a landslide majority.<ref name="elec1">{{cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Edmonton-Gold_Bar | title=Edmonton-Gold Bar Official Results 1971-1997 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage | accessdate=2008-03-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612160106/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Edmonton-Gold_Bar | archive-date=2011-06-12 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Parker became leader of the [[Alberta Greens]] in 1996.<ref name="biography">{{cite web|url=http://davidjparker.ca/wp/?page_id=2|title=About David J. Parker|publisher=Green Party of Canada|accessdate=2008-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104192539/http://davidjparker.ca/wp/?page_id=2|archive-date=2009-11-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> As leader of the party he ran for office in the [[1997 Alberta general election]] in Gold Bar for the second time. He was easily defeated by [[Hugh MacDonald (Canadian politician)|Hugh MacDonald]] losing some of his previous votes and finishing second last with 97 votes. He finished just ahead of [[Natural Law Party of Canada|Natural Law]] leader Maury Shapka. Parker stepped down as leader in 2001.<ref name="elec1"/>

Parker ran for a seat in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[2004 Canadian federal election]] in [[Edmonton Centre]] for the federal [[Green Party of Canada|Greens]]. He won almost 5% of the popular vote finishing fourth. A few months later Parker ran in the provincial [[Edmonton Centre (provincial electoral district)|Edmonton Centre]] electoral district in the [[2004 Alberta general election]]. He won fourth place well behind incumbent [[Laurie Blakeman]]. He ran again in [[Edmonton Centre]] two years later in the [[2006 Canadian federal election]] this time marginally increasing his popular vote but still finishing a distant fourth place. Parker most recently ran for a second time in the provincial [[Edmonton Centre (provincial electoral district)|Edmonton Centre]] electoral district in the [[2008 Alberta general election]] again finishing a distant fourth.

In the [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008 federal election]], he placed fourth in the [[Edmonton Centre]] riding.<ref>[http://www.elections.ca Elections Canada, 40th General Election results]</ref>

==Electoral history==
{{Alberta provincial election, 2012/Edmonton-Gold Bar}}

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