Bill Dickie (politician) explained

William "Bill" Daniel Dickie
Birth Date:13 August 1925
Birth Place:Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Death Place:Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Term Start:October 23, 1961
Term End:October 19, 1964
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency1:Calgary Glenmore
Term Start1:June 17, 1963
Term End1:March 25, 1975
Predecessor1:Ernest Watkins
Successor1:Hugh Planche
Office2:Minister of Mines and Minerals
Term Start2:September 10, 1971
Term End2:March 1975
Predecessor2:Allen Patrick
Successor2:Portfolio abolished
Premier2:Peter Lougheed
Occupation:lawyer and politician
Party:Liberal
Progressive Conservative

William Daniel Dickie (August 13, 1925 – May 23, 2019) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.[1] He served on Calgary city council from 1961 to 1964 and in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1975. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Peter Lougheed from 1971 to 1975.

Early life

Dickie began practicing corporate law in 1951. He laid the legal framework for the first Canadian company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange.[2]

Political career

Dickie served on Calgary city council from 1961 to 1964.[2] While still serving on council he ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1963 general election, as a candidate for the Alberta Liberal party in the electoral district of Calgary Glenmore. He won the seat from the Progressive Conservatives, whose candidate was Ned Corrigal, a broadcaster for CFAC radio.[3] [4] He was re-elected with a smaller share of the popular vote in the 1967 general election.[5] On November 23, 1969, after being persuaded by Peter Lougheed, he left the Liberals and joined the Progressive Conservative caucus. He had been the last Liberal in the legislature; the party would not have another MLA until 1986.

In the 1971 Alberta general election Dickie won with 56% of the popular vote against Social Credit candidate and famous Alberta curler Ray Kingsmith.[6] After the election Premier Lougheed appointed Dickie the Minister of Mines and Minerals. He held that portfolio until he retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1975. Dickie died on May 23, 2019, at the age of 93.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Date of birth from Biographical Register of the Alberta Legislature, from the Alberta Legislature Library
  2. Web site: Alderman Gallery. City of Calgary. April 20, 2010. 149. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927221722/http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/cityclerks/caldermen.pdf. September 27, 2007.
  3. Web site: Calgary Broadcasters - C. Radio West. December 4, 2009.
  4. Web site: Calgary-Glenmore results 1963 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . December 4, 2009.
  5. Web site: Calgary-Glenmore results 1967 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . December 4, 2009.
  6. Web site: Calgary-Glenmore results 1971 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . December 4, 2009.
  7. Web site: Remembering the life of William DICKIE.