Editing Rob Nicholson (section)

=== Municipal politics ===
Nicholson was elected as a trustee for the Niagara Catholic District School Board in 1994. He was elected to the [[Niagara Regional Council]] later in 1997, and was re-elected in 2000, and 2003.<ref name="Robnicholsonmp"/> He ran for Chairman of the [[Regional Municipality of Niagara]] in late 2003, but lost to [[St. Catharines]] Regional Councillor [[Peter Partington]].

He attempted to regain his old Commons seat in the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997 election]], but again finished third. He did not seek election to the Commons in the [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 election]].