Rob Nicholson (politician)

The Honourable
Robert Nicholson
PC KC
The Honourable Robert Nicholson PC KC
	Nicholson in 2014
Shadow Minister of Justice ; Shadow Attorney General of Canada
	In office; November 20, 2015 –September 11, 2019

Last updated September 15, 2025

While the Conservatives were relegated to the Official Opposition after the 2015 election, Nicholson was re-elected and announced his intention to run for the interim leadership of the party. He was defeated by Rona Ambrose, and was subsequently named as the Conservative Justice Critic.^[9]

Nicholson did not run for re-election in the 2019 federal election.^[10]

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	27,235	42.1	-11.16	–
	Liberal	Ron Planche	22,318	34.5	+15.59	–
	New Democratic	Carolynn Ioannoni	13,525	20.9	-2.59	–
	Green	Steven Soos	1,633	2.5	-1.36	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,711	100.0		$249,861.38
Total rejected ballots			353	0.34	-0.15
Turnout			65,064	63.93;	+7.03
Eligible voters			102,606
	Conservative hold		Swing		-13.38
Source: Elections Canada ^[11]^[12]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	28,748	53.26	+6.56	–
	New Democratic	Heather Kelley	12,681	23.49	+5.63	–
	Liberal	Bev Hodgson	10,206	18.91	-8.00	–
	Green	Shawn Willick	2,086	3.86	-4.61	–
	Christian Heritage	Harold Jonker	259	0.5%	+0.48	–
Total valid votes			53,980	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			264	0.49	-0.01
Turnout			54,244	56.90	+2.30
Eligible voters			95,326	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	24,016	46.70%	+6.3%	$77,050
	Liberal	Joyce Morocco	13,867	26.96%	-7.5%	$89,565
	New Democratic	Eric Gillespie	9,186	17.86%	-3.1%	$18,513
	Green	Shawn Willick	4,356	8.47%	+4.4%	$7,974
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,425	99.5%	$94,533
Total rejected ballots			264	0.5%
Turnout			51,689	54.60%

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	23,489	40.4%	+1.7%
	Liberal	Gary Burroughs	20,099	34.5%	-2.0%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	12,214	21.0%	+0.2%
	Green	Kay Green	2,402	4.1%	+0.1%
Total valid votes			58,204	100.0%

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	19,882	38.7%	-7.7%
	Liberal	Victor Pietrangelo	18,745	36.5%	-9.4%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	10,680	20.8%	+14.7%
	Green	Ted Mousseau	2,071	4.0%	+2.7%
Total valid votes			51,378	100.0%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary Pillitteri	15,868	38.4%	-8.7%
	Reform	Mel Grunstein	10,986	26.6%	+1.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Nicholson	9,935	24.0%	+1.7%
	New Democratic	John Cowan	4,052	9.8%	+6.4%
	Green	Alexander Rados	374	0.9%	+0.3%
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	154	0.4%	0.0%
Total valid votes			41,369	100.0%

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary Pillitteri	20,542	47.1%	+12.1%
	Reform	Mel Grunstein	10,890	25.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Nicholson	9,719	22.3%	-17.2%
	New Democratic	Steve Leonard	1,470	3.4%	-18.0%
	National	John Cowan	513	1.2%
	Green	John Bruce McBurney	258	0.6%
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	166	0.4%
	Abolitionist	Ted Wiwchar	82	0.2%
Total valid votes			43,640	100.0%

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Nicholson	17,077	39.5%	-15.6%
	Liberal	Gary Pillitteri	15,137	35.0%	+15.2%
	New Democratic	Dick Harrington	9,232	21.3%	-2.4%
	Christian Heritage	Bill Andres	1,713	4.0%
	Commonwealth of Canada	Jean-Claude Souvray	97	0.2%
Total valid votes			43,256	100.0%

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Nicholson	22,852	55.1%	+18.2%
	New Democratic	Richard Harrington	9,863	23.8%	+2.6%
	Liberal	Al MacBain	8,219	19.8%	-21.3%
	Green	Robert G. Scott	352	0.8%
	Social Credit	Earl G. Erb	177	0.4%	-0.1%
Total valid votes			41,463	100.0%

References

1 2 3 "The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson". Justice.gc.ca. 2009-09-04. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
1 2 3 Parliament of Canada. "Member of Parliament Profile: Hon. Rob Nicholson" . Retrieved 2012-09-18.
↑ "The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson". Prime Minister of Canada. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
↑ Taber, Jane (March 13, 2010). "Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announces full terms of review — The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
↑ "Minister of Justice Releases Terms of Reference for Independent Adviser to Review National Security Informatione". Justice. 2012-08-03. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
↑ Wherry, Aaron (2010-03-12). "What might have been (II) - Beyond The Commons, Capital Read". Macleans. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
↑ Clark, Campbell (December 18, 2009). "'The buck stopped nowhere' at Foreign Affairs on Colvin's warnings — The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
↑ "Harper cabinet shakeup adds new faces". CBC. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
↑ "Conservatives to elect interim leader on Nov. 5". www.cbc.ca. CBC News. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
↑ "Niagara Falls MP Rob Nicholson will not seek another term". Niagara Falls Review. April 9, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Niagara Falls, 30 September 2015
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

Profile at House of Commons of Canada
Rob Nicholson – Parliament of Canada biography

Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Al MacBain	Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls 1984–1993	Succeeded by Gary Pillitteri
Preceded by Gary Pillitteri	Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls 2004–present	Incumbent
25th Ministry – Cabinet of Kim Campbell
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
	Minister of Science 1993
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
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	Minister responsible for Small Business 1993
28th Ministry – Cabinet of Stephen Harper
Special Parliamentary Responsibilities
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Special Cabinet Responsibilities
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Cabinet posts (3)
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[justice1-1] 1 2 3 "The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson". Justice.gc.ca. 2009-09-04. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2010-12-20.

[Robnicholsonmp-2] 1 2 3 Parliament of Canada. "Member of Parliament Profile: Hon. Rob Nicholson" . Retrieved 2012-09-18.

[3] "The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson". Prime Minister of Canada. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

[4] Taber, Jane (March 13, 2010). "Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announces full terms of review — The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

[5] "Minister of Justice Releases Terms of Reference for Independent Adviser to Review National Security Informatione". Justice. 2012-08-03. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-10-13.

[6] Wherry, Aaron (2010-03-12). "What might have been (II) - Beyond The Commons, Capital Read". Macleans. Retrieved 2012-10-13.

[7] Clark, Campbell (December 18, 2009). "'The buck stopped nowhere' at Foreign Affairs on Colvin's warnings — The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

[8] "Harper cabinet shakeup adds new faces". CBC. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

[9] "Conservatives to elect interim leader on Nov. 5". www.cbc.ca. CBC News. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

[10] "Niagara Falls MP Rob Nicholson will not seek another term". Niagara Falls Review. April 9, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.

[11] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Niagara Falls, 30 September 2015

[12] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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The Honourable Robert Nicholson PC KC
Nicholson in 2014

Shadow Minister of Justice Shadow Attorney General of Canada
In office November 20, 2015 –September 11, 2019

Rob Nicholson (politician)

Election results

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References

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