William Dickie

William James Dickie (10 April 1869 – 24 June 1921) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and opposition Whip.

Biography

Dickie was one of six children; he was born in Cobden, Westland, on 10 April 1869 to William Dickie (who had arrived in New Zealand in the late 1850s from Menstrie, Scotland) and Mary Dent, who were early settlers to Greymouth. He farmed with Arthur Ingham Dent from 1902 in Lyndhurst near Ashburton. The electorate was abolished for the 1919 election, and he was defeated in 1919 by William Nosworthy standing for Ashburton. Dickie was buried at the Methven cemetery. He was survived by his wife, three sons, Colin, Deacon and Alan and four daughters Mary Ellen, Margaret, Catherine and Herwini.