Maurice Ashworth Nickerson (April 28, 1865 – March 3, 1936) was a general merchant and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1916 to 1920 as a

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member. He was born in

Clark's Harbour Clark's Harbour is a town on Cape Sable Island in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, located in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Shelburne County. The main industry is lobster fishing. Owing to this as well as the town's history as a fishing communi ...

, Nova Scotia, the son of Moses H. Nickerson and Mary E. Duncan. In 1888, he married Serena E. Smith. He died in

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at the age of 70.

References

* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1865 births 1936 deaths Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs People from Shelburne County, Nova Scotia 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{Liberal-NovaScotia-MLA-stub