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Graham John Nicol (17 July 1907 – 28 September 1990) was an Australian politician. He was born in Windsor, the son of pastoralist F. H. Nicol. He was an accountant, and served in
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from 1940 to 1945; he was a
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of the Japanese in
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and
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. On 14 August 1930 he had married Dorothy Williams, with whom he had two daughters. In 1958 he was elected to the
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as a
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member for
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. He had held high office in the party as chairman of the Young Liberals and a member of the state executive, but he remained on the backbench throughout his parliamentary career. Nicol retired in 1976, and died in 1990.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicol, Graham 1907 births 1990 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Australian military personnel of World War II