Arthur Rupert Dickey Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Arthur Rupert Dickey
Constituency Mp:Cumberland
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Charles Tupper
Successor:Hance James Logan
Term Start:1887
Term End:1896
Birth Date:18 August 1854
Birth Place:Amherst, Nova Scotia, British North America
Death Place:Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Party:Conservative
Cabinet:Secretary of State of Canada (1894–1895)
Minister of Militia and Defence (1895–1896)
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1896)

Arthur Rupert Dickey, (August 18, 1854  - July 3, 1900) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert Barry Dickey, he was a lawyer before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an 1888 by-election in the riding of Cumberland after Charles Tupper was named High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891 and 1896. He was Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Minister of Militia and Defence, and Secretary of State of Canada.

He died by drowning at Amherst, Nova Scotia on July 3, 1900.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/stream/universityoftoro01univuoft/universityoftoro01univuoft_djvu.txt University of Toronto monthly newsletter July, 1900