Frederic Thomas Nicholls
| The Hon. Frederic Thomas Nicholls | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Toronto, Ontario | |
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In office January 20, 1917 – October 25, 1921 | |
| Appointed by | Robert Borden |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 22, 1856 London, England |
| Died |
October 25, 1921 (aged 64) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative |
Frederic Thomas Nicholls (November 22, 1856 – October 25, 1921) was a Canadian businessman, electrical engineer and politician. He was a Conservative senator representing the senatorial division of Toronto, Ontario from 1917 to 1921.
In 1900 Nicholls became second vice-president as well as manager of Canadian General Electric. An eloquent champion of electricity, he was president of the National Electric Light Association of the United States in 1896-97 and brought its annual convention to Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 1897.[1]
Frederic Nicholls was a member of Edison Pioneers. He worked on the Toronto Power Company Plant with Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson of the Pearson Engineering Corporation of New York.
Recognition and Influence
The Nicholls Building[2] on King Street in Toronto, Canada is named after him including the Nicholls Oval in Ontario. He was also known as an early editor of the Toronto Star newspaper. Frederic Nicholls’s speech of 19 Jan. 1905 to the Empire Club in Toronto was published as Niagara’s power: past, present, prospective . . . ([Toronto, 1905], reproduced as CIHM, no.78710). A number of his other speeches are in his Conservation of Canadian trade (Toronto, 1918). An oil portrait of Nicholls by Robert Harris is in the University of Toronto Art Collection.
- W.S.Nicholls
- Nicholls-Radtke Company
References
- "Frederic Thomas Nicholls". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.