Bruce Nicoll

Bruce Baird Nicoll (3 October 1851 18 September 1904) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Sydney to shipwright George Robertson Nicoll and Sarah Baird. When he was six years old his family moved to Scotland, and Nicoll was educated at Dundee before returning to Sydney around 1864. He worked in the family shipping office, and from 1871 ran his own service in the Northern Rivers district. On 1 March 1873 he married Jane Ann Zahel, with whom he had three sons. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Protectionist member for Richmond. Re-elected in 1891, he was defeated in 1894. Nicoll died at Dulwich Hill in 1904.[1]

References

  1. "Mr Bruce Baird Nicoll (1851 - 1904)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Frederick Crouch
Thomas Ewing
Member for Richmond
1889–1894
Served alongside: Thomas Ewing, John Perry
Succeeded by
Robert Pyers
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