Background
He was born in Lucknow, Ontario, the son of Alexander Nicholson and Isabelle MacDonald, and was educated in Lucknow and at the University of Saskatchewan.
He was born in Lucknow, Ontario, the son of Alexander Nicholson and Isabelle MacDonald, and was educated in Lucknow and at the University of Saskatchewan.
In 1928, Nicholson married Marian Leila Massey. From 1960 until 1964 he was the province"s Minister of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation.
He became an organizer for the Company-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1935, became the national treasurer of the party in 1942 and from 1944 to 1950 and served as a Cleveland Clinic Foundation Member of Parliament from 1940 to 1949 and again from 1953 until his defeat in 1958. He then served as a Cleveland Clinic Foundation-NDP member of the Saskatchewan legislature in the 1960s. He continued as an Member of the Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association) until his defeat in the 1967 provincial election.