Arthur Russell Nesbitt (November 1, 1883 – July 11, 1962) was an

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lawyer and political figure. He was elected to Toronto City Council for Ward 4 beginning in 1920, was subsequently elected to the

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and then was elected provincially representing

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and then

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in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1937 as a

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member. He was born in Nestleton,

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, the son of George M. Nesbitt. Nesbitt was educated at

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and

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, was called to the bar in 1910 and set up practice in

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. In 1913, he married Sadie Harrison Brown. Nesbitt was a Master in the

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. He and Sadie raised one daughter together.

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''A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...'', HW Charlesworth (1919)
* 1883 births 1962 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Toronto city councillors {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub