Charles Herbert Dickie (14 September 1859 – 16 September 1947) was a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Beachville

South-West Oxford, Ontario

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, Canada West and became a lumberman, miner and railway employee.

Dickie attended schools at Beachville and at Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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. He was a Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

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 provincial politician at the Cowichan riding

Cowichan (electoral district)

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 from 1901 to 1903.

He was elected to Parliament at the Nanaimo

Nanaimo (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1921 general election

Canadian federal election, 1921

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 then re-elected there in 1925

Canadian federal election, 1925

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, 1926

Canadian federal election, 1926

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 and 1930

Canadian federal election, 1930

The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada...

. Dickie was defeated in the 1935 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1935

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 by James Samuel Taylor

James Samuel Taylor

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 of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

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