Nathan Nurgitz (June 22, 1934 – October 19, 2019) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and Senator.
[2] In 1979, he was summoned to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Winnipeg North, Manitoba on the recommendation of Prime Minister Joe Clark.
Sitting as a Progressive Conservative, Nurgitz was variously appointed to Senate committees on agriculture and forestry, foreign affairs, banking, trade and commerce, and national finance, and chaired the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and also served as co-chair of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons on Scrutiny.
[2] In 1987, he was elected chair of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and was subsequently re-elected in 1989 and 1990.
Nurgitz died on October 19, 2019, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years.