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BY
JACK RIDDELL
Earlier this month,
some 650 people attended
a testimonial dinner,
celebrating 60 years of
service to Ontario by the
Nixon family, par-
tiq,ularly former Liberal
leader Bob Nixon, and bis
father, Harry Nixon.
Stuart Smith joined in
the tributes to his
predecessor, making it
plain that he relies on his
advice and counsel.
Former NDP leader
Donald MacDonald
served with both Nixons
in the House, and spoke of
the pleasures of being an
ordinary member again
after the trials of
leadership. Bob Welch,
Conservative Cabinet
Minister, recalled that he
had managed Nixon's
campaign for class
president when they were
both at McMaster. They
lost!
Bob Nixon is planning
to write a book about his
father, whose three-
month term as Premier
in 1943 ended when the
Liberals were defeated
by the Conservatives,
who have since governed
the province.
He took over a divided
Liberal Party, following
the resignation of con-
troversial Liberal
Premier Mitch Hepburn.
His career in politics
had begun in 1919 when,
as- a 28 -year-old farmer,
. he was elected to the
Legislature. At that age,
he became the youngest
Cabinet Minister in
Canada. By 38, he was a
Party Leader: At 45, he
was acting Premier of
Ontario. Twice he was
offered the Premiership
of the province • and
refused.
Widely recognized as
the backbone of the
Liberal administration,
often described as a man
,of common sense, Harry
Nixon was "nobody's
fool". He had serenity of
outlook, tolerance for
men who disagree.d with
him, but the strength to
hold to his own settled
course. Although he
worked well with other
people, he knew well how
to delegate ---authority
without in any way
detracting from his own.
__Be_ was willing to hear all
sities of every question.
Back in 1943, when
Harry Nixon becam'e-
Premier, his son Bob was
only 14, busy working on
the family farm after,
apparently, "conducting
a sit-down strike at the
school because all the
other fellows were
helping their. dads on the
land, and it was pretty
near holidays anyway." -
Bob well remembers
his father's long hours
during the Hepburn ad-
ministration, especially
when, as senior Cabinet
Minister, he was
designated , acting
Premier when Hepburn
was away, which was
frequently.
"My dad would come
home on Friday
night...and on Friday
night, all day Saturday
and Sunday, our yard was
always full of buggies or
cars - people waiting to
see him...During the
Depression, the
pressures were
something we don't know
anything about - babies,
dying, people starving, no
jobs, years of downhill."
Still, today, Harry
Nixon remains his son's
greatest hero.
On the death of his
father in 1961, Bob
decided to run in the
subsequent by-election.
He- was, of course, suc-
cessful and has
represented the people of
Brant -Oxford, Norfolk in
the Ontario Legislature
ever since.
Shortly after taking his
seat in the House, he was
elected President of the
Ontario Liberal Party, a
position he held until 1964.
He was also the Party's
Education Critic.
Bob failed' to .- win a
hotly contested leader-
ship convention in 1964,
but was elected
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