Harry Nixon
| Harry Nixon | |
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| 13th Premier of Ontario | |
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In office May 18, 1943 – August 17, 1943 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Lieutenant Governor | Albert E. Matthews |
| Preceded by | Gordon Daniel Conant |
| Succeeded by | George Drew |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1919–1961 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Scott Davidson |
| Succeeded by | Robert Nixon |
| Constituency | Brant North, 1919-1926 Brant County, 1926-1934 Brant, 1934-1961 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Harry Corwin Nixon April 1, 1891 St. George, Ontario |
| Died | October 22, 1961 (aged 70) St. George, Ontario |
| Resting place | St. George United Cemetery |
| Political party |
Ontario Liberal Party (1937–1961) |
| Other political affiliations |
United Farmers of Ontario (1919–1923) Progressive (1923–1934) Liberal-Progressive (1934–1937) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Harry Corwin Nixon (April 1, 1891 – October 22, 1961) was a Canadian politician and briefly the 13th Premier of Ontario.
He was born on a farm near St. George, Ontario, the son of Henry Nixon, and studied at the University of Toronto's Ontario Agricultural College (then affiliated with the university).
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 government in the 1923 election, Nixon sat as a Progressive Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), and became the leader of the small Progressive bloc (as most UFOers now called themselves) after the 1929 election.
Mitchell Hepburn, a farmer and former UFO organizer, became leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, and Nixon led his Progressive remnant into an alliance with Hepburn's party. In the 1934 election, Nixon and his followers ran as Liberal-Progressives, helping bring the Hepburn to power. He ran and was elected as a Liberal in the 1937 election.
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