Robert Henry Parkyn (November 19, 1862 – June 13, 1939) was a municipal and provincial level politician and tradesman in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Robert married Matilda Edwards of Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales in 1895, and had seven male children.

[1] Parkyn was an advisory delegate during the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation founding meetings.

Parkyn attempted re-election in a 1933 by-election, again running under his Independent Labor banner.

His last wish was to meet the King and Queen of the United Kingdom on their Royal Visit to Canada in 1939.