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John Dickey (Canadian politician)
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John Horace Dickey was a Liberal party
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. 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 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.
John Horace Dickey (born 4 September 1914 at Edmonton, Alberta) was a Liberal party
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. 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 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.
John Horace Dickey (born 4 September 1914 at Edmonton, Alberta) was a Liberal party
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. 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 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.
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was a barrister, executive and lawyer by career.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Halifax
Halifax (electoral district)
Halifax is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.Since October 14, 2008, its Member of the Parliament has been Megan Leslie of the New Democratic Party....
riding in a by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
on 14 July 1947 which was called after the death of William Chisholm MacDonald
William Chisholm Macdonald
William Chisholm Macdonald was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Bailey's Brook, Nova Scotia and became a barrister by career....
, 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
Gordon Benjamin Isnor
Gordon Benjamin Isnor was a Canadian merchant and parliamentarian.A Liberal, he was elected four consecutive times to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament representing the Nova Scotia electoral district of Halifax...
. Both Dickey and Isnor were re-elected in the 1949 election
Canadian federal election, 1949
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...
. Isnore was appointed to the Senate in May 1950 and was joined by another Liberal, Samuel Rosborough Balcom
Samuel Rosborough Balcom
Samuel Rosborough Balcom was a Canadian politician, businessman and pharmacist. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 19 June 1950 by-election as a Member of the Liberal Party representing the riding of Halifax, after Isnor was called to the Senate. He was re-elected in 1953 and...
, following a by-election the following month. Both Dickey and Balcom were re-elected to a full term in Parliament in the 1953 election
Canadian federal election, 1953
The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St...
, but were defeated in defeated in the 1957 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1957
The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...
by the two Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
candidates Robert McCleave
Robert McCleave
Robert Jardine McCleave was a Progressive Conservative partymember of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and became a dean, journalist, judge and lawyer by career. He was also an editor of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and became a news director at radio station CJCH...
and Edmund L. Morris
Edmund L. Morris
Edmund Leverett Morris was a Canadian politician, broadcaster and university administrator.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Morris attended school at Saint Mary's Boys School. After graduating high school, he pursued an undergraduate and graduate degree in political science from Dalhousie University...
. In the 1958 election
Canadian federal election, 1958
The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...
, Dickey was joined by Leonard Kitz in an unsuccessful attempt to win back the riding for the Liberals.
John Horace Dickey (born 4 September 1914 at Edmonton, Alberta) was a Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was a barrister, executive and lawyer by career.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Halifax
Halifax (electoral district)
Halifax is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.Since October 14, 2008, its Member of the Parliament has been Megan Leslie of the New Democratic Party....
riding in a by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
on 14 July 1947 which was called after the death of William Chisholm MacDonald
William Chisholm Macdonald
William Chisholm Macdonald was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Bailey's Brook, Nova Scotia and became a barrister by career....
, 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
Gordon Benjamin Isnor
Gordon Benjamin Isnor was a Canadian merchant and parliamentarian.A Liberal, he was elected four consecutive times to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament representing the Nova Scotia electoral district of Halifax...
. Both Dickey and Isnor were re-elected in the 1949 election
Canadian federal election, 1949
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...
. Isnore was appointed to the Senate in May 1950 and was joined by another Liberal, Samuel Rosborough Balcom
Samuel Rosborough Balcom
Samuel Rosborough Balcom was a Canadian politician, businessman and pharmacist. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 19 June 1950 by-election as a Member of the Liberal Party representing the riding of Halifax, after Isnor was called to the Senate. He was re-elected in 1953 and...
, following a by-election the following month. Both Dickey and Balcom were re-elected to a full term in Parliament in the 1953 election
Canadian federal election, 1953
The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St...
, but were defeated in defeated in the 1957 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1957
The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...
by the two Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
candidates Robert McCleave
Robert McCleave
Robert Jardine McCleave was a Progressive Conservative partymember of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and became a dean, journalist, judge and lawyer by career. He was also an editor of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and became a news director at radio station CJCH...
and Edmund L. Morris
Edmund L. Morris
Edmund Leverett Morris was a Canadian politician, broadcaster and university administrator.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Morris attended school at Saint Mary's Boys School. After graduating high school, he pursued an undergraduate and graduate degree in political science from Dalhousie University...
. In the 1958 election
Canadian federal election, 1958
The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...
, Dickey was joined by Leonard Kitz in an unsuccessful attempt to win back the riding for the Liberals.
John Horace Dickey (born 4 September 1914 at Edmonton, Alberta) was a Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was a barrister, executive and lawyer by career.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Halifax
Halifax (electoral district)
Halifax is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.Since October 14, 2008, its Member of the Parliament has been Megan Leslie of the New Democratic Party....
riding in a by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
on 14 July 1947 which was called after the death of William Chisholm MacDonald
William Chisholm Macdonald
William Chisholm Macdonald was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Bailey's Brook, Nova Scotia and became a barrister by career....
, 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
Gordon Benjamin Isnor
Gordon Benjamin Isnor was a Canadian merchant and parliamentarian.A Liberal, he was elected four consecutive times to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament representing the Nova Scotia electoral district of Halifax...
. Both Dickey and Isnor were re-elected in the 1949 election
Canadian federal election, 1949
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...
. Isnore was appointed to the Senate in May 1950 and was joined by another Liberal, Samuel Rosborough Balcom
Samuel Rosborough Balcom
Samuel Rosborough Balcom was a Canadian politician, businessman and pharmacist. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 19 June 1950 by-election as a Member of the Liberal Party representing the riding of Halifax, after Isnor was called to the Senate. He was re-elected in 1953 and...
, following a by-election the following month. Both Dickey and Balcom were re-elected to a full term in Parliament in the 1953 election
Canadian federal election, 1953
The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St...
, but were defeated in defeated in the 1957 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1957
The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...
by the two Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
candidates Robert McCleave
Robert McCleave
Robert Jardine McCleave was a Progressive Conservative partymember of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and became a dean, journalist, judge and lawyer by career. He was also an editor of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and became a news director at radio station CJCH...
and Edmund L. Morris
Edmund L. Morris
Edmund Leverett Morris was a Canadian politician, broadcaster and university administrator.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Morris attended school at Saint Mary's Boys School. After graduating high school, he pursued an undergraduate and graduate degree in political science from Dalhousie University...
. In the 1958 election
Canadian federal election, 1958
The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...
, Dickey was joined by Leonard Kitz in an unsuccessful attempt to win back the riding for the Liberals.