George Lemuel Dickinson was a manufacturer and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. He represented Carleton

Carleton (Ontario electoral district)

Carleton was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1987...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1888 to 1891 as a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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 member.

He was born in Toronto

Toronto

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, the son of Moss Kent Dickinson

Moss Kent Dickinson

Moss Kent Dickinson was a Canadian businessman, mayor of Ottawa from 1864 to 1866 and member of the Canadian Parliament from 1882 to 1887....

 and Elizabeth Mary Trigge. Dickinson was educated in Ottawa

Ottawa

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 and Poughkeepsie, New York

Poughkeepsie (city), New York

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. He served as deputy reeve for North Gower

North Gower, Ontario

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 in 1877 and 1878. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1888 by-election held after Sir John A. Macdonald

John A. Macdonald

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chose to sit for the Kingston riding. Dickinson was unsuccessful when he ran for reelection in 1891.