Nicholson, John Robert

NICHOLSON, John Robert, lawyer, politician, lt gov 1968–73 (b 1 Dec 1901, Newcastle, NB; d 8 Oct 1983, Vancouver). After graduating from Dalhousie Univ law school, he moved in 1924 to VANCOUVER, where he became a prominent lawyer and an active Liberal. When WWII began he went to Ottawa as a deputy controller in the department of munitions and supplies. From 1942 to 1951 he was in charge of the Polymer Corp, a CROWN CORPORATION manufacturing artificial rubber, initially for the war effort. In...

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