William McAdam Nickle (January 4, 1897 – December 10, 1968) was an

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political figure. He represented Kingston in the

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from 1951 to 1963 as a Progressive Conservative member. He was born in

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, the son of

William Folger Nickle William Folger Nickle KC (December 31, 1869 - November 15, 1957) was a Canadian politician who served both as a member of the House of Commons of Canada and in the Ontario legislature where he rose to the position of Attorney-General of Onta ...

, and educated there and at

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. In 1925, he married Grace Dunlop. He served with the

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and was wounded in

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. Nickle served in the provincial cabinet as Provincial Secretary and Registrar in 1955, Minister of Planning and Development from 1955 to 1961 and Minister Without Portfolio from 1961 to 1962. He died at his home after a long illness in 1968."William M. Nickle: Held office under Frost and Robarts" The Globe and Mail (1936-Current) oronto, Ont11 Dec 1968: 3.

References

* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1952'', GP Normandin

External links

* 1897 births 1968 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Provincial Secretaries of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub