Ernie Parkinson is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Parkinson represented the Northern Irish team at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he competed in the fours event, with Billie Montgomery, Willie Watson and Roy McCune and won a bronze medal.
Four years later he represented Northern Ireland in the pairs at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
He plays for the Belmont Bowling Club which he joined from the Ormeau Bowls Club.