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.
Nixon worked for 25 years at Continental Can Company, first as a stock keeper and then as a foreman.
[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.