William Folger Nickle

William Folger Nickle

William Folger Nickle (December 31 1869 - November 15 1957) was a Canadian politician who served both as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and in the Ontario legislature where he rose to the position of Attorney-General of Ontario. He is best known for the Nickle Resolution that ended the practice of knighthoods and peerages being awarded to Canadians.

Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of William Nickle, Nickle was educated at Queen's University and Osgoode Hall. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1896 and set up a law practice in Kingston. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1908 provincial election as a Conservative and served for three years until his election to the federal House of Commons in the 1911 federal election, as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston. He was re-elected in the 1917 federal election as a Unionist.

Nickle was appointed to chair a special committee of the House of Commons to examine the question of the appointment of honours. There had been criticism in the press about a surfeit of knighthoods being created during World War I. In 1919, Nickle moved and had passed through the House a resolution calling for an end to the practice of Canadians being granted knighthoods and peerages. Nickle's detractors charged that he was bitter at having failed to get a knighthood for his father-in-law.

Later that year, he resigned his federal seat in order to return to provincial politics in the 1919 provincial election.

After serving in opposition for one term, the Conservatives formed government following the 1923 provincial election. The new Premier of Ontario, George Howard Ferguson, appointed Nickle to cabinet as Attorney-General. In 1923, Nickle left politics and returned to private life.

He married Agnes Mary McAdam in 1885 and married Katherine Louise Gorden in 1911 after the death of his first wife. Nickle served on the city council for Kingston, also serving as a member of the school board, and was a trustee for Queen's University and a member of the board of governors for Kingston Hospital.

William McAdam Nickle, a son from his first marriage, went on to serve in the Ontario cabinet.

References

*McCreery, Christopher (2005). "The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History and Development". Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3940-5 Contains a extensive biography of W.F. Nickle and his role in the Nickle Resolution

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=7908&s=M Political biography from parliament]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3853 "A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...", HW Charlesworth (1919)]


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