Henry Hicks (Nova Scotia politician)
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The Honourable Henry Davies Hicks CC, QC |
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| 16th Premier of Nova Scotia | |
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In office September 30, 1954 – November 20, 1956 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | Alistair Fraser |
| Preceded by | Harold Connolly |
| Succeeded by | Robert Stanfield |
| Senator for The Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia | |
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In office April 27, 1972 – March 5, 1990 |
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| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| MLA for Annapolis | |
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In office October 23, 1945 – June 7, 1960 |
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| Preceded by | John D. McKenzie |
| Succeeded by | district dissolved |
| Personal details | |
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March 5, 1915 Bridgetown, Nova Scotia |
| Died | December 9, 1990 (aged 75) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Pauline Banks Gene Morrison Rosalie Comeau |
| Occupation | lawyer, university administrator |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
Henry Davies Hicks, CC, QC (March 5, 1915 – December 9, 1990) was a lawyer, university administrator, and politician in Nova Scotia.
Born in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, the son of Henry Hicks and Annie Kinney, Hicks was educated in Bridgetown and at Mount Allison University, Dalhousie University and Oxford University. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1941. During World War II, he served as a captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery.
Hicks was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1945 as a Liberal for Annapolis County and served as Nova Scotia's first Minister of Education from 1949 to 1954 in the government of Angus Lewis Macdonald. When Macdonald died, Hicks ran for the Liberal party leadership against interim leader and then Premier Harold Connolly. The party was badly split along religious lines with Protestants uniting behind Hicks to defeat Connolly who was a Roman Catholic. As the new Premier, Hicks was unable to unite the party and his government was defeated in the 1956 election by Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives.
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