Politics
Parry entered Parliament at a by-election in January 1913 following the death of the sitting Liberal member for Flint Burghs, James Woolley Summers. The constituency included Parry’s home town of Mold where he was a prominent lawyer and he was elected with a majority of 211 votes over the Unionist, J H Roberts – as usual in these contests a reduced majority from the previous election when Summers had a majority of 509. The constituency disappeared in boundary changes in 1918 so Parry transferred to the county seat of Flintshire. Parry received the coalition government coupon at the 1918 general election and was returned unopposed At the 1922 general election Parry faced Labour and Unionist opponents but held the seat. Labour did not contest the seat at the 1923 election but again Parry held off a challenge from the Tories. He was unable to campaign in Flintshire at the 1924 general election through illness brought on as a result of his war wounds and the seat passed into Conservative hands.
In 1922, Parry had been appointed as Deputy Lieutenant of Flintshire. One of his other duties was as a member of the Regional Pension Advisory Committee for Wales.
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