constituency predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
brant -- haldimand brant -- oxford -- norfolk brant bette thompson '' riding created '' '' riding created '' harry stephenson nixon bob rae stuart smith andy thompson andy floyd smith ronald eddy '' riding abolished '' '' riding abolished laughren '' murray elston david peterson stephen lewis stuart protestant st. george , ontario liberal treasurer the ontario liberal party member of the provincial parliament of ontario leader of the opposition leader of 17 july 1928 june 1982 february 1967 january 6 , 1967 1987 1975 1962 1985 november 20 , 1990 january 25 , robert nixon -lrb- politician -rrb-
 october 1982 september 18 , 1975 january 25 , 1976 1991 1990 1987 1975 july 31 , 1991 february 21 , robert nixon farmer
robert nixon -lrb- politician -rrb-

robert fletcher nixon , -lrb- born july 17 , 1928 -rrb- is a retired politician in the province of ontario , canada .
the son of former premier of ontario harry nixon , he was first elected to the legislative assembly of ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father 's death .
robert nixon quickly became a leading member of the ontario liberal party , and was elected its leader in 1967 .
he remained in this position until 1976 , when he was replaced by stuart smith .
nixon remained a member of the liberal caucus after standing down as leader , and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of david peterson from 1985 to 1990 .
