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Harry Nixon
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'''Harry Corwin Nixon''' (
April 1,
1891-
October 22,
1961) was a
Canada Canadian politician and briefly
Premier of Ontario Premier of
Ontario.
He was first elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario in
1919 as a candidate of the
United Farmers of Ontario. He served as a
Cabinet minister in the government of
Premier Ernest C. Drury as
Provincial Secretary and Registrar. Following the defeat of the UFO-
Labour Party (Canada) Labour government in the
Ontario general election, 1923 1923 election, Nixon sat as a
Progressive Party of Canada Progressive Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), and became the leader of the small Progressive bloc (as most UFOers now called themselves) after the
Ontario general election, 1929 1929 election.
Mitchell Hepburn, a farmer, became leader of the
Ontario Liberal Party, and Nixon led his Progressive remnant into an alliance with Hepburn's party. In the
Ontario general election, 1934 1934 election, Nixon and his followers ran as ''
Liberal-Progressives'', helping bring the Hepburn to power. He ran again as a ''Liberal-Progressive'' in the
Ontario general election, 1937 1937 election.
Nixon resumed his former Cabinet position of Provincial Secretary and Registrar in the Hepburn
cabinet and was the senior minister in the government. During
World War II, Hepburn clashed with
William Lyon Mackenzie King, the
Liberal Party of Canada Liberal Prime Minister of Canada, arguing that King was not sufficiently prosecuting the war effort, in particular by not introducing
conscription (see ''
Conscription Crisis of 1944''). Hepburn openly supported King's rival,
Conservative Party of Canada (historic) Conservative leader
Arthur Meighen in a
1942 York South (electoral district) York South by-election, and seemed to be calling for the defeat of King. This was too much for many Ontario Liberals, who were either King loyalists or feared a rift betweent the federal and provincial parties. Hepburn was forced to resign on
October 21,
1942.
Nixon was widely seen as the "heir apparent", and had earlier turned down Hepburn's offer to appoint him Premier as Nixon insisted the leadership should be the choice of the party, not of Hepburn. However, Hepburn, while resigning as Premier, insisted on remaining as party leader, and simply appointed his ally,
Gordon Daniel Conant as the new
Premier of Ontario on October 21, 1942. Nixon resigned from the cabinet on October 22, 1942 in opposition to Hepburn's refusal to allow a
Ontario Liberal leadership conventions leadership convention to elect a new leader. Conant was forced to resign after only six months due to serious divisions in the party, and a leadership convention was called. Nixon was chosen as Liberal leader and Premier in May
1943, but his government was unable to win the election held
Ontario general election, 1943 three months later, and the Liberals were reduced to third place behind
George Drew's
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Progressive Conservatives and
Ted Jolliffe's
Ontario New Democratic Party Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
Harry Nixon remained a Liberal
Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP)
1 until his death in
1961. His son,
Robert Nixon succeed him as MPP, and later became leader of the Liberal Party but never Premier. He served as Treasurer in the Cabinet of
David Peterson from 1985-1990. Harry Nixon's granddaughter (and Robert Nixon's daughter)
Jane Stewart served as a Cabinet minister in the
Liberal Party of Canada federal Liberal government of
Jean Chrétien.
1 In 1938, Members of the Ontario Legislative Assembly (MLAs) passed a motion to adopt the title "Members of Provincial Parliament" (MPP).
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