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Henry D. Hicks

Henry Davies Hicks (1950-1990) was a lawyer, university administrator and politician in Nova Scotia. He was elected to the provincial legislature in 1945 as a Liberal and served as minister of education from 1949 to 1954 in the government of Angus L. MacDonald. When MacDonald died, Hicks ran for the Liberal party leadership against interim leader and Premier Harold Connolly. The party was badly split along religious lines with Protestants uniting behind Hicks to defeat Connolly who was a Roman Catholic. As the new Premier, Hicks was unable to unite the party and his government was defeated in the 1956 election by Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives.

Hicks served as Leader of the opposition until 1960 when he resigned to become dean and later president of Dalhousie University.

Preceded by: Harold Connolly 1954

Premier of Nova Scotia 1954-1956

Succeeded by: 'Robert Stanfield 1956-1967

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