John Nicholson, OBE (2 November 1867 – 16 September 1941) was a lawyer and politician in Western Australia. Born in Partick, Glasgow, Scotland, he travelled to WA in 1896. Nicholson was a Perth City Councillor from 1901 to 1914, and was the mayor in 1915. On 23 March 1918 he was elected as a member of the Western Australia Legislative Council, representing the Metropolitan Province until his death on 16 September 1941.[1][2]
References
- ^ "John Nicholson". Members' biographical register. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD". The West Australian. Western Australia. 17 September 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Trove.
Further reading
- Nicholson, Robert (2019). Shaping Australia's West: The Life of John Nicholson. Kew, Victoria: Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-925801-90-3.
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