Died July 3, 1900 Parents Robert B. Dickey | Name Arthur Dickey Resigned 1896 | |
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Born August 18, 1854Amherst, Nova Scotia ( 1854-08-18 ) Party Conservative Party of Canada Cabinet Secretary of State for Canada, Minister of Militia and Defence, Minister of Justice |
Arthur Rupert Dickey, PC (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 Canadian House of Commons 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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