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Nickle, William Folger
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1869-1957
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Born at Kingston in 1869, William Folger Nickle was privately tutored, attending Kingston Collegiate Institute, Queen's University, and Osgoode Hall. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1895 (K.C. 1898) and practiced law in Kingston. He was the Director of the Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway Company, President of the Frontenac Loan and Investment Society, and Alderman of Kingston, 1905-09. He was an M.L.A. 1908-11 and 1922-26, M.P., 1911-19, and Attorney-General of Ontario, 1923-26. He was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Queen's University, 1921-31. He died in 1957.
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CA QUA00942
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- English