Leo Thomas Nimsick (January 26, 1908 – February 8, 1999) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria. Members ar ...

as a

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...

and then New Democratic Party member. He was born in

Rossland, British Columbia Rossland is in the West Kootenay region of south central British Columbia. High in the Monashee Mountains, the city lies immediately east of the intersections of BC highways British Columbia Highway 3B, 3B and British Columbia Highway 22, 22. The f ...

, the son of Thomas Nimsick and Anna Caesar. In 1934, he married Marie K. Zimmer. Nimsick worked at diamond drilling and dairy farming; he later worked for Cominco for 40 years, retiring in 1968. He served four years as an alderman for Rossland. Nimsick ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1937. He ran for the leadership of the CCF in 1956, coming second to Robert Strachan. Nimsick later served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Mines and Petroleum and as Minister of Travel Industry. He died in 1999 at the age of 91."Long-serving MLA Leo Nimsick dies" , Staff Reporter. ''The Province'' ancouver, B.C14 Feb 1999: A23.

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