10th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
In office 1951–1959
Preceded by
Stuart Wood
Succeeded by
Charles Rivett-Carnac
Personal details
Born
June 8, 1904 Canada
Died
March 22, 1983 Canada
Leonard Hanson Nicholson, OC, MBE (June 8, 1904 – March 22, 1983) served as the tenth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from May 1, 1951 to March 31, 1959.[1]
Nicolson served with the RCMP from 1923 to 1927 (and again from 1932 to 1941), New Brunswick Provincial Police 1928–1930, Nova Scotia Police 1930–1932, then with the Canadian Army from 1941 to 1951.
Nicholson had only a primary school education leaving school to assist his family. He served as a Provost marshal in World War II.
He also served as deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada.[2] In 1971, Nicholson was awarded the 71st Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.[3]
^"Leonard Nicholson". Retrieved June 25, 2006.
^"Leonard Nicholson". The Globe and Mail, March 24, 1983.
^"List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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