Rob Nicholson

Robert " Rob" Douglas Nicholson ( born April 29, 1952 in Niagara Falls, Ontario ) is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Life

After schooling Nicholson studied at Queen's University in Kingston and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) from. He then completed a postgraduate course in law at the Law School of the University of Windsor and was then lawyer and member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

His national political career began as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada with the election of a member of the Canadian House of Commons, in which he first represented the constituency of Niagara Falls until 1993. During this time he was from April 1989 to June 1993 Parliamentary Secretary of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, as well as from April 1989 to April 1990 at the same time the Parliamentary Secretary Leader of the Government majority in the House. After Nicholson was from June 25 to November 3, 1993 Science Minister and Minister Plenipotentiary for small businesses in the led by Prime Minister Kim Campbell 25 Cabinet. From 1997 he was a member of the regional council of the Niagara Peninsula and was reelected in both 2000 and 2003.

2004 Nicholson was selected as the Party of Canada Conservative candidate again to the House of Representatives and represented there again since then the constituency of Niagara Falls. Most recently he was from January 2005 to February 2006 Parliamentary Secretary ( Chief Whip ) the opposition.

From 6 February 2006, he was first minister plenipotentiary for democratic reforms and leader of the ruling faction in the House before he was appointed on 4 January 2007 in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Minister of Justice and Attorney General in his cabinet.

External links and sources

  • Rob Nicholson, biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
  • Rob Nicholson in the Notable Names Database (English)
  • Canadian Ministries ( rulers.org )
  • Member of the House of Commons (Canada)
  • Federal Minister (Canada)
  • Member of the Canadian Privy Council
  • Member of the Conservative Party of Canada
  • Member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
  • Born in 1952
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