He was first elected in the general election, in 1971, but Nixon was defeated in the 1975 general election by Ontario New Democratic Party candidate Tony Lupusella who subsequently left the Ontario New Democratic Party and joined the liberal caucus.
Ontario general election, 1985, Dovercourt, 298 votes, fourth out of four candidates (winner: Tony Lupusella, NDP)
Redistribution of electoral boundaries forced Lupusella to run against fellow NDP Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Ross McClellan for the party's nomination in Dovercourt after McClellan's Bellwoods riding was eliminated.
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He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent George Nixon by 1,465 votes in the west-Toronto riding of Dovercourt.
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Along with Tony Lupusella and Odoardo Di Santo, McClellan helped to increase the NDP's popularity in the Italian areas of the city.