John Dickey (Canadian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
About John Dickey (Canadian politician)
- John Horace Dickey (4 September 1914 – 27 April 1996) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was a barrister, executive and lawyer by career. He was first elected to Parliament at the Halifax riding in a by-election on 14 July 1947 which was called after the death of William Chisholm MacDonald, one of the riding's Liberal incumbents.
- Since Halifax riding elected two members to the House of Commons at that time, Dickey joined the other incumbent, fellow Liberal Gordon Benjamin Isnor.
- Both Dickey and Isnor were re-elected in the 1949 election.
- Isnore was appointed to the Senate in May 1950 and was joined by another Liberal, Samuel Rosborough Balcom, following a by-election the following month.
- Both Dickey and Balcom were re-elected to a full term in Parliament in the 1953 election, but were defeated in the 1957 federal election by the two Progressive Conservative party candidates Robert McCleave and Edmund L.
- Morris.
- In the 1958 election, Dickey was joined by Leonard Kitz in an unsuccessful attempt to win back the riding for the Liberals.
- Dickey died in 1996 aged 81.
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