Charles Dickie Explained

Charles Dickie
Birthname:Charles Herbert Dickie
Birth Date:1859 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Beachville, Canada West
Spouse:1) Eliza E. Calvert
m. 22 September 1888 (died 1926)
2) Edith (Bennett) Collings
m. 19 April 1930[1]
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Cowichan
Predecessor:Theodore Davie
Successor:John Newell Evans
Term Start:1900
Term End:1903
Riding2:Nanaimo
Predecessor2:John Charles McIntosh
Successor2:James Samuel Taylor
Term Start2:December 1921
Term End2:October 1935
Profession:lumberman, miner, railway employee
Party:Conservative

Charles Herbert Dickie (14 September 1859  - 16 September 1947) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Beachville, Canada West and became a lumberman, miner and railway employee.

Dickie attended schools at Beachville and at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was a Conservative provincial politician at the Cowichan riding from 1900 until his retirement at the 1903 provincial election.

He was elected to Parliament at the Nanaimo electoral district riding in the 1921 general election then re-elected there in 1925, 1926 and 1930. Dickie was defeated in the 1935 federal election by James Samuel Taylor of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, A.L. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1932 .