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Alfred Westland Nixon

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Name
  
Alfred Nixon

Role
  
Physician

Constituency
  
Halton

Died
  
April 8, 1921

Occupation
  
Doctor


Born
  
June 8, 1863 Stewarttown, Halton County, Canada West (
1863-06-08
)

Political party
  
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Preceded by
  
Riding re-established

Succeeded by
  
John Featherstone Ford

Alfred Westland Nixon (June 8, 1863 – April 8, 1921) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Halton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1919 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Stewarttown, Halton County, Canada West, the son of Edward Nixon, and educated in Brampton and at Trinity College. He received his M.D. in 1891 and set up practice in Georgetown. In 1903, he married Bessie Barber. Nixon served as reeve of Georgetown from 1901 to 1902. He was defeated by John Roaf Barber when he ran for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1902. He died in Guelph in 1921.

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Alfred Westland Nixon Wikipedia