Madeleine Parent (June 23, 1918 – March 12, 2012) was a Canadian labour, feminist and aboriginal rights activist.Her achievements included her work in establishing the and the Confederation of Canadian Unions. She was a vocal proponent of abortion rights as well as aboriginal rights. She was a prominent figure in the 1946 Montreal Cotton Strike. In 1955, she was arrested for seditious conspiracy by the government of Maurice Duplessis. After a six-month incarceration, she was acquitted.