John Robert Nicholson

The Hon. John Robert Nicholson

21st Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
In office July 2, 1968 – February 13, 1973
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Roland Michener
Premier	W. A. C. Bennett Dave Barrett
Preceded by	George Pearkes
Succeeded by	Walter Stewart Owen
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Vancouver Centre
In office June 18, 1962 – June 25, 1968
Preceded by	Douglas Jung
Succeeded by	Ron Basford
Personal details
Born	(1901-12-01)December 1, 1901 Newcastle, New Brunswick
Died	October 8, 1983(1983-10-08) (aged 81)
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Minister of Forestry (1963–1964) Postmaster General (1964–1965) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1965) Minister of Labour (1965–1968)

John Robert "Jack" Nicholson, PC OBE QC (December 1, 1901 – October 8, 1983) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician and the 21st Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick (now Miramichi), he graduated from the Dalhousie University law school in Halifax. In 1924, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia and practised law.

During World War II, he was a deputy controller in the Department of Munitions and Supplies. From 1942 to 1951, he was the head of a crown corporation, Polymer Corporation, and from 1952 to 1956, the head of Brazilian Light and Power Co in Rio de Janeiro.

In 1962, Nicholson was elected to Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Vancouver Centre. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1963 and 1965. From 1963 to 1964, he was the Minister of Forestry. From 1964 to 1965, he was the Postmaster General. In 1965, he was the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. From 1965 to 1968, he was the Minister of Labour.

From 1968 to 1973, he served as the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

External links

Biography from the website of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

John Robert Nicholson – Parliament of Canada biography

Political offices
Preceded by Martial Asselin	Minister of Forestry 1963–1964	Succeeded by Maurice Sauvé

Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia

Trutch Richards Cornwall Nelson Dewdney McInnes de Lotbinière Dunsmuir Paterson Barnard Prior Nichol Bruce Johnson Hamber Woodward Banks Wallace Ross Pearkes Nicholson Owen Bell-Irving Rogers Lam Gardom Campagnolo Point Guichon

Postmasters General

Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet¹

¹The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

Ministers of Labour

Ministers of Labour (1900–1996)	Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux¹ W. L. M. King Crothers Robertson Murdock J. H. King (acting) Elliott Manion (acting) Jones Heenan Robertson Gordon Rogers McLarty Mitchell Martin (acting) Gregg Starr MacEachen Nicholson Pépin Mackasey O'Connell Munro Ouellet (acting) O'Connell Alexander Regan Caccia Ouellet McKnight Cadieux Corbeil Danis Valcourt Axworthy Robillard

Ministers of Human Resources Development (1996–2005)²	Young Pettigrew Stewart Frulla Dryden

Ministers of Human Resources and Skills Development (2005–2013)	Stronach Finley Solberg Finley

Ministers of Employment and Social Development (2013–2015)	Kenney Poilievre

Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (2015–present)	Duclos

Ministers of Labour (1996–2015)	Robillard Gagliano MacAulay Bradshaw Fontana³ Blackburn Ambrose Raitt Leitch

Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour (2015–present)	Mihychuk

¹Until 1909, the office of the minister of Labour was a secondary function of the Postmaster-General of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. ²The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a Minister of Labour may be appointed. However, when no Minister of Labour is appointed, the Minister of Human Resources Development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Minister of Labour. ³Styled "Minister of Labour and Housing".

Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration

Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration (1950–1966)¹	Harris Pickersgill Fulton (acting) Fairclough Bell Favreau Tremblay Nicholson Marchand

Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration (1994–2015)	Marchi Robillard Caplan Coderre Sgro Volpe Solberg Finley Kenney Alexander

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (2015–)	McCallum

¹The office of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration was abolished and the office of Minister of Manpower and Immigration was proclaimed in force October 1, 1966.

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