John Dickey
Member of Parliament
for Halifax
In office
July 1947  June 1957
Preceded byWilliam Chisholm MacDonald
Succeeded byRobert McCleave
Edmund L. Morris
Personal details
Born
John Horace Dickey

(1914-09-04)4 September 1914
Edmonton, Alberta
Died27 April 1996(1996-04-27) (aged 81)
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal
Professionbarrister, executive, lawyer

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. Isnor 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.[1]

1953 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
LiberalJohn Horace Dickey34,58727.82Green tickY
LiberalSamuel Rosborough Balcom34,22227.53Green tickY
Progressive ConservativeEdmund L. Morris26,55221.36 
Progressive ConservativeFrederick William Bissett24,11219.39 
Co-operative CommonwealthHyacinth Lawrence MacIntosh2,7312.20 
Co-operative CommonwealthLloyd Carman Wilson2,1201.71 
Total valid votes 124,324 100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 19 June 1950
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
LiberalSamuel Rosborough Balcom24,66557.07Green tickY
Progressive ConservativeLloyd Allen13,69631.69 
Co-operative CommonwealthJ.W.A. Nicholson4,86111.25 
Total valid votes 43,222 100.00
Called upon Gordon Isnor being called to the Senate, 2 May 1950
1949 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
LiberalGordon Benjamin Isnor33,40129.33Green tickY
LiberalJohn Horace Dickey31,62727.77Green tickY
Progressive ConservativeJoseph Patrick Connolly18,82616.53 
Progressive ConservativeFrederick William Bissett18,22316.00 
Co-operative CommonwealthHyacinth Lawrence MacIntosh6,0185.28 
Co-operative CommonwealthLloyd R. Shaw5,7775.07 
Total valid votes 113,872 100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 14 July 1947
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
LiberalJohn Horace Dickey24,46944.99Green tickY
Co-operative CommonwealthHyacinth Lawrence MacIntosh16,15129.70 
Progressive ConservativeAlex A. McDonald13,76825.31 
Total valid votes 54,388 100.00

References

  1. "Well-known lawyer John H. Dickey dies". The Chronicle Herald. 29 April 1996. p. B8.


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