Arthur Russell Nesbitt (November 1, 1883 – July 11, 1962) was an
Ontario lawyer and political figure. He was elected to Toronto City Council for Ward 4 beginning in 1920, was subsequently elected to the
Toronto Board of Control and then was elected provincially representing
Toronto Northwest
Toronto Northwest was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Parkdale, Toront ...
and then
Bracondale in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
from 1923 to 1937 as a
Conservative member.
He was born in
Nestleton,
Durham County, Ontario, the son of George M. Nesbitt. Nesbitt was educated at
Toronto University and
Osgoode Hall, was called to the bar in 1910 and set up practice in
Toronto. In 1913, he married Sadie Harrison Brown. Nesbitt was a Master in the
Orange Lodge. He and Sadie raised one daughter together.
References
External links
''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
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