John Bradford Nixon is a former politician in Ontario, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 as a Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

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 from 1987 to 1990.

Nixon was educated at the University of Toronto

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, Osgoode Hall Law School

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 and York University

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. He was a lawyer before entering political life.

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1987

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, defeating Progressive Conservative

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 Gordon Chong

Gordon Chong

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 by over 3,000 votes in the Toronto riding of York Mills

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. He was a backbencher supporter of David Peterson

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David Robert Peterson, PC, O.Ont was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years....

's government for the next three years. He served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Financial Institutions in 1987-88, and parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Housing in 1988-89.

The Liberals were unexpectedly defeated by the Ontario New Democratic Party

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 in the 1990 election

Ontario general election, 1990

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. Nixon lost his seat to David Turnbull

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 of the Progressive Conservatives by over 2,500 votes.

Nixon later worked as executive director for the office of the party leader, but left the position in 1992 after Lyn McLeod

Lyn McLeod

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was elected leader.

Nixon prepared a waterpower brief for the Independent Power Producers' Society of Ontario in 1996.

Since 1992, he has practiced law exclusively in the fields of property tax and assessment. He was a partner in the firm of Poole Milligan, and has served on the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Property Tax Association.

He is married to Carol Beckmann-Nixon and lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake. He is now a partner in the firm of Walker Poole Nixon practising law in Toronto.