Mary Lou Parks (July 24, 1939 – August 23, 2015) was a Michigan politician.
Parks was the special assistant Michigan Governor James Blanchard from 1983 to 1990.
State representative Joseph F. Young Sr. died on April 9, 1993, sparking a special election to fill his vacancy.
[1] Parks ran in the 1998 Michigan Secretary of State election, but was defeated by Candice Miller.
Parks was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Michigan in 1976, 1980, and 1988.