| George Nixon | |
| Office: | Ontario MPP |
| Term Start: | 1971 |
| Term End: | 1975 |
| Predecessor: | Dante De Monte |
| Successor: | Tony Lupusella |
| Constituency: | Dovercourt |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Birth Date: | 8 May 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Spouse: | Norma |
| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Factory foreman |
George Adam Nixon (May 8, 1923 – September 19, 1998) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1975 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Dovercourt.[1]
Nixon was born and raised in the Dovercourt neighbourhood in the west end of Toronto, the son of Irish immigrants.[2] He attended Dovercourt Junior Public School and later Central Technical School. Nixon worked for 25 years at Continental Can Company, first as a stock keeper and then as a foreman.[3] He was active in a wide variety of community service activities, including the Baptist Church, the United Appeal, the Cerebral Palsy Association and he was one of the founders of Camp Kwasind for underprivileged children.[4] He and his wife Norma raised four children, one son and three daughters. He died September 19, 1998, of complications of a stroke suffered in May of that same year. He was predeceased by his wife and son.[3]
Nixon ran in the 1971 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Dovercourt. He defeated NDP candidate Steve Penner by a narrow margin of 55 votes.[5] A recount reduced the margin to 38 votes. The NDP challenged the election but the result held.[6] In 1975 he was defeated by New Democrat candidate Tony Lupusella by 1,465 votes.[7]