He attended Paola Primary School and his secondary education at St. Elias College in Santa Venera.
][citation needed] In 1991 he was bequeathed a small piece of land in St Paul’s Bay by will of a childless elderly couple, as he declared in Parliament in 2006.
He always ran for the 4th electoral district, including Gudja, Paola, Għaxaq, Marsa (Trinity Parish Church area), Santa Luċija, Fgura (Mater Bon Consigli), and Tarxien.
Parnis famously gifted a jam roly-poly slice to all elderly residents with the word "courage" printed on its plastic wrapping.
[5][6] Parnis announced he would not contest the subsequent 2022 election[7] and that he would "dedicate more time to God and work in favour of life and against abortion".