Norman Edward Fawcett was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician, who represented the riding

Electoral district (Canada)

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 of Nickel Belt

Nickel Belt

Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the Greater City of Sudbury.Nickel Belt has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.It consists of:...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1965 to 1968. He was a member of the New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

 of Canada.

He was born in Adanac, Saskatchewan, and worked as a labourer and a union activist before entering municipal politics in Capreol, Ontario

Capreol, Ontario

Capreol is a community in the Ontario city of Greater Sudbury. From 1918 to 2000, Capreol existed as an independent town, situated on the Vermilion River....

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Fawcett won a 1965 by-election

By-election

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 brought on by the resignation of Osias Godin

Osias Godin

Osias Godin was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the Canadian House of Commons from 1958 to 1965. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada....

. He represented Nickel Belt for three years, and was defeated by Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate Gaetan Serré

Gaetan Serré

Gaetan-Joseph Serré is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1972. He represented the Liberal Party....

 in the 1968 election

Canadian federal election, 1968

The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...

. Following his defeat, he was re-elected to Capreol's town council, and retired from politics in 1991.

Fawcett's daughter is married to Elie Martel

Elie Martel

Elie Walter Martel is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1987, as a member of the New Democratic Party .-Personal life:...

, who was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury East

Sudbury East

Sudbury East was a provincial electoral riding in the Canadian province of Ontario, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1999. It served the easternmost portion of the former city of Sudbury, the eastern portion of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, and...

 from 1967 to 1987. Shelley Martel

Shelley Martel

Shelley Dawn Marie Martel is a Canadian politician. A former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, she represented the riding of Sudbury East from 1987 to 1999, and Nickel Belt from 1999 until 2007, as a New Democrat....

, Elie Martel's daughter and Fawcett's granddaughter, won election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 upon Elie Martel's retirement, and continued to represent the riding of Nickel Belt until her own retirement from politics in 2007. She is married to former Ontario New Democratic Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

 leader Howard Hampton

Howard Hampton

Howard George Hampton, MPP is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He has served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, since 1987 as the Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he was also the party's...

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