Henry Arnott Hicks was a furrier and occasional politician based in Hamilton, Ontario. Hicks was a candidate in the 1949 federal election in the Hamilton-area riding of Wentworth. A Liberal, he came in second behind incumbent Progressive Conservative Frank Lennard by 3,000 votes but finished ahead of future New Democratic Party leader David Lewis. In 1950, Hicks ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party but withdrew after the first ballot in which he received 28 votes at the . Hicks ran on a platform of tax reform urging the reduction of property tax. He also campaigned on spending more money to recruit teachers and on denying liquor licences to establishments that provide poor service.
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