John Lang Nichol, (January 7, 1924 – February 24, 2020) was a Canadian politician who served as a

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from 1966 to 1973. Born in

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, he was president of the Liberal Federation of Canada for two terms from 1964 until 1968 and served as co-chairman of the Liberal Campaign Committee for the 1968 federal election. He was appointed to the Senate in 1966 by

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and resigned in 1973. He was chairman of the board of trustees of

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. He is the founding chairman of the Pacific

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Research Institute. In 1980, he was made an Officer of the

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and was promoted to Companion in 1996. In 1941, he married Marjorie Elizabeth Kenyon "Liz" Fellowes; she died of Parkinson's disease in December 2000. His daughter Barbara is a writer. Nichol died in February 2020 at the age of 96.John Lang NICHOL obituary
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* 1924 births 2020 deaths Canadian senators from British Columbia Companions of the Order of Canada Liberal Party of Canada senators Politicians from Vancouver {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub