Brad Nixon

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John Bradford Nixon (born June 28, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990.

Nixon was educated at the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School and York University. He was a lawyer before entering political life.

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative Gordon Chong by over 3,000 votes in the Toronto riding of York Mills. He was a backbencher supporter of David Peterson's government for the next three years. He served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Financial Institutions in 1987-88, and parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Housing in 1988-89.

The Liberals were unexpectedly defeated by the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1990 election. Nixon lost his seat to David Turnbull of the Progressive Conservatives by over 2,500 votes.

Nixon later worked as executive director for the office of the party leader, but left the position in 1992 after Lyn McLeod was elected leader.

Nixon prepared a waterpower brief for the Independent Power Producers' Society of Ontario in 1996.

Since 1992, he has practiced law exclusively in the fields of property tax and assessment. He is a partner in the firm of Poole Milligan, and has served on the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Property Tax Association.

He is married to Carol Beckmann-Nixon and lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake. His is now a partner with Walker Poole Nixon.