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"Rowle was succeeded by Perseus Parkinson, who was likewise pro-Azkaban."
— Perseus's views as Minister for Magic[src]

Minister Perseus Parkinson was a British wizard who served as the third Minister for Magic of the British Ministry of Magic, in office from 1726 to 1733.[2]

Biography[]

Former Minister Perseus Parkinson was well known for when he attempted to pass a bill making it illegal to marry a Muggle. However, in doing so, he misread the public mood; the wizarding public was tired of anti-Muggle sentiment and wanted peace. Parkinson was therefore voted out during the next election for Minister.[2]

Perseus Parkinson's attempts to ban mixed marriages were identical to Rappaport's Law introduced by MACUSA president Emily Rappaport. However, unlike in the United States of America, anti-Muggle sentiments were not as widespread and confined to wizarding supremacists.

Perseus Parkinson was related in some way to Pansy Parkinson, a Slytherin student in the same year as Harry Potter and a close friend of Draco Malfoy. It is even likely that Pansy was a direct descendant of Perseus.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. According to Pottermore, the Parkinson family was one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight, as Perceus had already been alive by that point he must have been a pure-blood.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic" at Wizarding World


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