About Arthur Rupert Dickey
Lived 1854 – 1900 (aged 45). Arthur Rupert Dickey was a Canadian politician and lawyer.
Arthur Rupert Dickey, (August 18, 1854 – July 3, 1900) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert Barry Dickey, he was a lawyer before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an 1888 by-election in the riding of Cumberland after Charles Tupper was named High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891 and 1896. He was Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Minister of Militia and Defence, and Secretary of State of Canada.
He died by drowning at Amherst, Nova Scotia on July 3, 1900.
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Canadian politician
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Arthur Rupert Dickey was born on 18 August 1854 in Amherst.
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Arthur Rupert Dickey died on 3 July 1900 in Amherst.
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Arthur Rupert Dickey was a politician and lawyer.
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