Robert Nixon (politician)
Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired Canadian politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death. The younger Nixon was elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1967 and led them through three provincial elections, the first two where the Liberals retained their standing as the second-largest party and official opposition in the legislature.
Nixon c. 1971
Speaker William Murdoch welcomes three new MPPs, including Nixon, to the legislature in 1962.
Harry Corwin Nixon was a Canadian politician and briefly the 13th premier of Ontario in 1943. He is both the longest-serving member in the history of the Ontario legislature and the shortest-serving premier of Ontario.
Harry Nixon
Last surviving members of the UFO-Labour coalition government (1919–1923) in 1955. From left to right: Harry Mills, E.C. Drury, Harry Nixon and Walter Rollo