词条 | Leo Nimsick |
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| honorific-prefix = | name =Leo Nimsick | honorific-suffix = | image = | imagesize = | term_start = June 15, 1949 | term_end = December 11, 1975 | assembly = British Columbia Legislative | constituency_AM = Kootenay Cranbrook (1949–66) | predecessor = Frank William Green | successor = George Wayne Haddad | birth_name=Leo Thomas Nimsick | birth_date = {{birth date|1908|1|26}} | birth_place =Rossland, British Columbia | death_date ={{death date and age|1999|2|8|1908|1|26}} | death_place =Cranbrook, British Columbia | nationality = | spouse =Marie K. Zimmer | party =New Democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation =miner, farmer | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Leo Thomas Nimsick (January 26, 1908 – February 8, 1999) was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member. He was born in Rossland, British Columbia, the son of Thomas Nimsick and Anna Caesar.[1] In 1934, he married Marie K. Zimmer.[1] Nimsick worked at diamond drilling and dairy farming; he later worked for Cominco for 40 years, retiring in 1968.[2] He served four years as an alderman for Rossland.[1] Nimsick ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1937.[3] He ran for the leadership of the CCF in 1956, coming second to Robert Strachan.[4] Nimsick later served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Mines and Petroleum and as Minister of Travel Industry.[5] He died in 1999 at the age of 91.[6] References1. ^1 2 {{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1951 |year=1951 |last=Normandin |first=Pierre G}} {{Barrett Ministry}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Nimsick, Leo}}{{BritishColumbia-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://memorybc.ca/leo-nimsick-fonds;rad |title=Leo Nimsick fonds |publisher=British Columbia Archival Information Network |accessdate=2011-11-28}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2011-07-27}} 4. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RF7pqMOJAbAC&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296 |title=Militant minority: British Columbia workers and the rise of a New Left, 1948-1972 |last=Isitt |first=Benjamin |year=2011 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |page=196 |ISBN=1-4426-1105-7 |accessdate=2011-11-28}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rj5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Pj4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1354,3500992 |title=NDP, Social Credit square off in BC |newspaper=Leader-Post |date=November 2, 1975 |page=2 |location=Regina |accessdate=2011-11-28}} 6. ^"Long-serving MLA Leo Nimsick dies" , Staff Reporter. The Province [Vancouver, B.C] 14 Feb 1999: A23. 12 : 1908 births|1999 deaths|British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs|British Columbia municipal councillors|British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs|Canadian miners|Dairy farmers|Farmers from British Columbia|Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia|People from Cranbrook, British Columbia|People from Rossland, British Columbia|20th-century Canadian politicians |
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