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Nicholson, John Robert "Jack" - Interview

Item number (ISN):

389296

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-02-21

Item number (ISN):

389296

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1980-0031

Media:

Sound

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1980-02-21

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of the Honourable John Robert "Jack" Nicholson by author Peter Stursberg, about: J.R. Nicholson; his memories of public life; Brazil; economic problems; government; Nicholson's return from Brazil in 1956; his decision to enter politics; the Banking and Commerce Committee circa 1960; C.D. Howe; the Conservative government's amendment to the Combines Act 1960; Nicholson's re-establishing his law practice in Vancouver in 1957; his experiences as President of the Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia (1960); forestry industry of British Columbia; H.R. MacMillan; Alan Williamson; federal election of 1957; J.R. Nicholson; his reasons for joining the Liberal Party; Liberal Party of Canada; its shift to the left; Jean Marchand; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; federal deficit; J.R. Nicholson; his election as Liberal Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre in 1962; his experiences as Member of the Opposition in 1962 and 1963; Jimmy Sinclair; J.R. Nicholson; his appointment and experiences as Minister of Forestry 1963-1964; Liberal government; the Gordon budget of 1963; Nicholson's appointment and experiences as Postmaster-General from February 1964 to February 1965; the Post Office; postmaster appointments; the civil service and the right to strike; Allan MacEachen; problems in the Post Office; J.R. Nicholson; his appointment on February 15, 1965 and experiences as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and as Minister Responsible for Indian Affairs; his appointment as Minister of Labour in December 1965; attending Prime Minister Shastri's funeral in India; Alexei Kosygin; Mrs. Cristiani (Kosygin's daughter); Hubert Humphrey; Nicholson's trip to the U.S.S.R. with the Canadian Club in the fall of 1973; Peter the Great; problems of Indians in Canada; Len Marchant; Slim Monture; immigration; sponsorship program; Nicholson's White Paper A New Immigration Policy for Canada; Jean Marchand; Lester B. Pearson; the Liberal government from 1963 to 1968; Allan MacEachen; Judy LaMarsh; the 1965 federal election; John G. Diefenbaker; Mulford Quickerd Sidley refused admittance to Canada by immigration authorities in 1965; power of the Minister of Immigration; Nicholson's experiences as Minister of Labour from December 1965 to April 1968; Vernard Wilson; Quebec dock workers' strikes 1966; Pierre Asselin; the dock workers' strike in B.C. in 1966; the strike by St. Lawrence Seaway workers in November 1966; Norman A.M. ("Larry") MacKenzie; Craig Munroe; the railway workers’ strike in 1967; Nicholson's new Labour Code of 1967; his contributions to the 1967 Centennial celebrations; Maurice Lamontagne; René Tremblay; Raymond Denis; Nicholson's appointment and experiences as Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1968-1973 George Pearkes; Stewart (B.C.); Lester B. Pearson; his resignation in December 1967; the Liberal Party leadership race in 1967-1968; Bob Winters; and Joey Smallwood. <4h 8mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. Access restrictions for the sound recordings are the same as access restrictions for the transcript.~3. Second interview in a series of three.~4. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Vancouver for the joint Library of Parliament-Public Archives of Canada oral history project.~5. John Robert Nicholson died on 8 October 1983.~6. There is no release form on file at Library and Archives Canada for this interview.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

459066

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02558

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

459068

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02559

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

459069

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02560

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : with written permission of interviewee

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