Bruce Baird Nicoll (3 October 1851 – 18 September 1904) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to shipwright George Robertson Nicoll and Sarah Baird. When he was six years old his family moved to

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, and Nicoll was educated at

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before returning to Sydney around 1864. He worked in the family shipping office, and from 1871 ran his own service in the Northern Rivers district. On 1 March 1873 he married Jane Ann Zahel, with whom he had three sons. In 1889 he was elected to the

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as the Protectionist member for

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. Re-elected in 1891, he was defeated in 1894. Nicoll died at his home in

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in 1904, following a long illness. Survived by his wife and sons, he was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Rookwood.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicoll, Bruce 1851 births 1904 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians Colony of New South Wales people