Editing Rob Nicholson (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{other people5|Robert Nicholson (disambiguation)|Bob Nicholson (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Robert Nicholson
| honorific-suffix    = [[King's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[King's Counsel|KC]]
| image               = Rob Nicholson - 2014 (13996821852) (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Nicholson in 2014
| office              = [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Shadow Minister of Justice]]<br>Shadow Attorney General of Canada
| leader              = [[Rona Ambrose]]<br />[[Andrew Scheer]]
| term_start          = November 20, 2015
| term_end            = September 11, 2019
| predecessor         = [[Françoise Boivin]]
| successor           = [[Rob Moore (politician)|Rob Moore]]
| office1             = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| primeminister1      = [[Stephen Harper]]
| term_start1         = February 9, 2015
| term_end1           = November 4, 2015
| predecessor1        = [[John Baird (Canadian politician)|John Baird]]
| successor1          = [[Stéphane Dion]]
| office2             = [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]]
| primeminister2      = [[Stephen Harper]]
| term_start2         = July 15, 2013
| term_end2           = February 9, 2015
| predecessor2        = [[Peter MacKay]]
| successor2          = [[Jason Kenney]]
| office3             = [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Minister of Justice<br />Attorney General of Canada]]
| primeminister3      = [[Stephen Harper]]
| term_start3         = January 4, 2007
| term_end3           = July 15, 2013
| predecessor3        = [[Vic Toews]]
| successor3          = [[Peter MacKay]]
| office4             = [[Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]]
| primeminister4      = [[Stephen Harper]]
| term_start4         = February 6, 2006
| term_end4           = January 4, 2007
| predecessor4        = [[Tony Valeri]]
| successor4          = [[Peter Van Loan]]
| office5             = [[Minister for Democratic Reform (Canada)|Minister responsible for Democratic Reform]]
| primeminister5      = [[Stephen Harper]]
| term_start5         = February 6, 2006
| term_end5           = January 4, 2007
| predecessor5        = [[Belinda Stronach]] {{small|(Democratic Renewal)}}
| successor5          = [[Peter Van Loan]]
| riding6             = [[Niagara Falls (federal electoral district)|Niagara Falls]]
| parliament6         = Canadian
| term_start6         = July 28, 2004
| term_end6           = September 11, 2019
| predecessor6        = [[Gary Pillitteri]]
| successor6          = [[Tony Baldinelli]]
| term_start7         = September 4, 1984
| term_end7           = October 25, 1993
| predecessor7        = [[Al MacBain]]
| successor7          = [[Gary Pillitteri]]
| birth_name          = Robert Douglas Nicholson
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1952|4|29}}
| birth_place         = [[Niagara Falls, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] {{small|(Before 2003)}}<br />[[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] {{small|(2003–present)}}
| spouse              = Arlene Nicholson
| alma_mater          = [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]]<br />[[University of Windsor Faculty of Law|University of Windsor]]
}}
'''Robert Douglas Nicholson''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|KC}} (born April 29, 1952) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician who represented the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Niagara Falls (federal electoral district)|Niagara Falls]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 2004 to 2019 as a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]]. Under Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]], he served as [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]], [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Minister of Justice]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], and [[Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]]. When the [[Premiership of Stephen Harper|Harper Government]] ended, he was appointed Justice Critic in the [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Official Opposition]] [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 42nd Parliament of Canada|shadow cabinet]].