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Born in Kingston, Ontario , Nickle was a lawyer by training. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1908 Provincial Election as a Conservative and served for three years until his election to the federal House of Commons in the 1911 Federal Election , as the Conservative Member Of Parliament (MP) for Kingston. He was re-elected in the 1917 Federal Election as a Unionist . Nickle was appointed to chair a special committee of the House of Commons to examine the question of the appointment of Honour s. There had been criticism in the press about a surfeit of knighthoods being created during World War I . In 1919 , Nickle moved and had passed through the House a Resolution calling for an end to the practice of Canadians being granted knighthoods and peerages. Nickle's detractors charged that he was bitter at having failed to get a knighthood for his father-in-law. Later that year, he resigned his Federal Seat in order to return to provincial politics in the 1919 Provincial Election . After serving in Opposition for one term, the Conservatives formed government following the 1923 Provincial Election . The new Premier Of Ontario , George Howard Ferguson , appointed Nickle to Cabinet as Attorney-General. In 1923 , Nickle left politics and returned to private life. EXTERNAL LINK |
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