Hon Sir Robert Nicholls
Nicholls in 1936
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Stanley
In office 27 March 1915 (1915-03-27) – 19 March 1938 (1938-03-19) Serving with Henry Barwell 1915–1925 John Lyons 1925–1938
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Young
In office 19 March 1938 (1938-03-19) – 2 March 1956 (1956-03-02)
Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly
In office 6 July 1933 (1933-07-06) – 2 March 1956 (1956-03-02)
Preceded by	Eric Shepherd
Succeeded by	Berthold Teusner
Personal details
Born	Robert Dove Nicholls (1889-06-27)27 June 1889
Died	18 January 1970(1970-01-18) (aged 80)
Political party	Liberal Union 1915–1923 Liberal Federation 1923–1932 Liberal and Country League 1932–1938
Spouse	Rose Evelyn Marshall Cowan ​ ​ (m. 1915; died 1963)​ [1]
Children	4
Parents	James Nicholls (father) Florence Bailey Dove (mother)
Residence	Nantawarra, South Australia

Sir Robert Dove Nicholls (27 June 1889 – 18 January 1970) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Stanley from 1915 to 1938 and Young from 1938 to 1956 for the Liberal and Country League and party predecessors. He was one of the two members for Stanley for the entire time it was a two-member seat, and the member for Young for its entire existence. He served a record period as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1933 to 1956.^[2]

He retired at the 1956 election, after his seat was abolished in a redistribution and he failed to gain preselection for a different seat.^[3]

Nicholls was created a knight bachelor in the 1941 New Year Honours for his service as speaker of the assembly.^[4]

Nicholls' parents were James and Florence (née Dove) Nicholls of Nantawarra. He had four children.^[5] He was a prolific lay preacher in the Methodist Church.^[6]

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