Alexander A. Parsons (1847 – 1932) was a journalist and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. Barbe in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1893 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1904.[1]
In 1888, Parsons and William James Herder, the publisher of the Telegram, were imprisoned for nine days for contempt after the newspaper published a reader's letter complaining of public drunkenness aboard a steamer while it was on circuit court service.[1]
He retired from politics and journalism after being named superintendent for the Newfoundland penitentiary in 1904; he served in that post until 1926.[1]
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