Robert Hicks (Canadian politician)

Robert Nelson David Hicks
Member of Parliament
for Scarborough East
In office
1984–1993
Preceded by Gordon Gilchrist
Succeeded by Douglas Peters
Personal details
Born (1933-06-04)4 June 1933
Toronto, Ontario
Died 25 November 2014(2014-11-25) (aged 81)
Bracebridge, Ontario
Political party Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s) Joan Carolyn Chillman (m. 20 August 1954)
Profession Businessman
Religion United Church
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Robert Nelson David Hicks (4 June 1933 – 25 November 2014) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He became a teacher and school principal by career.

Hicks studied at McMaster University and the University of Ottawa. He was an educator and served as principal of Joseph Howe Senior Public School in Toronto.[1]

He represented the Ontario riding of Scarborough East which he won in the 1984 federal election and was re-elected in 1988.

He served in the 32nd and 33rd Canadian Parliaments, then left national politics in 1993 and did not campaign in that year's federal election.

He died at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital in Bracebridge, Ontario on 25 November 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, Pierre G. (1987). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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