Martin Nicholls

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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| name = Martin Nicholls

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| image = MartinNicholls1964.jpg

| constituency_MP = Bonython

| parliament = Australian

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| predecessor = Norman Makin

| successor = Neal Blewett

| term_start = 30 November 1963

| term_end = 30 September 1977

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|4|3}}

| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1983|5|3|1917|4|3}}

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| nationality = Australian

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| party = Australian Labor Party

| relations = Theo Nicholls (uncle)

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| occupation = Tramwayman

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Martin Henry Nicholls (3 April 1917 – 3 May 1983) was a politician, trade unionist and soldier from South Australia.

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he received a primary education before becoming a tramwayman and serving in the military 1940–1945.{{Cite web |title=Biography for NICHOLLS, Martin Henry |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22handbook/allmps/K4U%22 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Parliament of Australia}} He enlisted in July 1940, serving in Australia, including in the Darwin area from June 1942 until September 1943.{{Cite web |title=NICHOLLS MARTIN HENRY : Service Number - SX9079 |url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6348307 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=National Archives of Australia}}

The nephew of Senator Theo Nicholls,{{Cite Au Senate|Sen id=nicholls-theophilus-martin|name=NICHOLLS, Theophilus Martin (1894–1977)|first=Dean|last=Jaensch|year=2010|access-date=2023-01-08}} he was President of the South Australian Tramways Union and Secretary of the South Australian Labor Party from 1958 to 1963. He was also a member of the ALP Federal Executive 1959–1969. In 1963, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Bonython. He held the seat until his resignation due to ill health on 30 September 1977, which followed a heart attack earlier in the year and several months of absence from parliament.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110869007|title=SA Labor Member resigns|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=1 October 1977}} No by-election was held due to proximity to the upcoming federal election).{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=1975 House of Representatives: South Australia |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1975/1975repssa.txt |accessdate=2023-01-09 |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive}}

Nicholls died in 1983, aged 66.