Arthur Rupert Dickey

Canadian politician

The Hon. Arthur Rupert Dickey


Member of the Canadian Parliament for Cumberland
In office 1887–1896
Preceded by	Charles Tupper
Succeeded by	Hance James Logan

Personal details
Born	(1854-08-18)August 18, 1854 Amherst, Nova Scotia, British North America
Died	July 3, 1900(1900-07-03) (aged 45) Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Secretary of State of Canada (1894–1895) Minister of Militia and Defence (1895–1896) Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1896)

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 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.^[1]

Electoral record

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 13 July 1888 On Mr. Tupper being named High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 23 May 1888
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	2,491
	Unknown	C.R. Casey	1,727

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 December 1888 On election being declared void
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	2,479
	Unknown	Elderkin	1,431

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	2,935
	Liberal	D.S. Howard	2,095
	Unknown	C.R. Casey	303

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 30 January 1892 On Mr. Dickey being unseated, 22 December 1891
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 January 1895 On Mr. Dickey being named Secretary of State for Canada, 21 December 1894
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	3,462
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	3,307

References

^ University of Toronto monthly newsletter July, 1900

External links

Arthur Rupert Dickey – Parliament of Canada biography

v t e Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General
Macdonald Dorion Smith (acting) Fournier Blake Laflamme Campbell Thompson Tupper Daly (acting) Dickey Mowat Mills Fitzpatrick Aylesworth Doherty Bennett Gouin Lapointe Guthrie (acting) Patenaude Lapointe Guthrie Geary Lapointe Michaud (acting) St. Laurent Ilsley St. Laurent Garson Fulton Fleming Chevrier Favreau McIlraith (acting) Cardin Trudeau Turner Lang Basford Lang Lalonde Flynn Chrétien MacGuigan Johnston Crosbie Hnatyshyn Clark (acting) Lewis Campbell Blais Rock McLellan Cauchon Cotler Toews Nicholson MacKay Wilson-Raybould Lametti Virani

Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General

v t e Ministers of Defence
Ministers of Militia and Defence (1867–1923)	Cartier Langevin (acting) McDonald Ross Vail Jones Masson Campbell Caron Bowell Patterson Dickey Bowell Desjardins Tisdale Borden Hughes Kemp Mewburn Calder (acting) Guthrie G. Graham
Ministers of National Defence (1923–)	G. Graham E. Macdonald Guthrie Robb (acting) Ralston Sutherland Stirling Mackenzie Rogers Power (acting) Ralston McNaughton Abbott Claxton Campney Pearkes Harkness Churchill Hellyer Cadieux Drury (acting) D. Macdonald Benson Dubé (acting) Drury (acting) Richardson Danson McKinnon Lamontagne Blais Coates Clark (acting) Nielsen Beatty McKnight Masse Campbell Siddon Collenette Young Eggleton McCallum Pratt B. Graham O'Connor MacKay Nicholson Kenney Sajjan Anand Blair
Associate Ministers of National Defence (1953–2013, 2015–)	Power Campney Hellyer Sévigny Cardin Cadieux Andre Dick Collins Guarnieri Bélanger Fantino Valcourt Findlay Fantino Hehr O'Regan Wilson-Raybould Sajjan (acting) MacAulay Petitpas Taylor
Ministers of the Naval Service (1910–22)	Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne G. Graham
World War I	Ministers of the Overseas Military Forces (1916–20) Perley Kemp
World War II	Ministers of National Defence for Air (1940–46) Power Macdonald (acting) Gibson Ministers of National Defence for Naval Services (1940–46) Macdonald Abbott Ministers of National War Services (1940–48) Gardiner Thorson Laflèche McCann

v t e Secretaries of State for Canada
Langevin Aikins Christie Scott Aikins O'Connor Mousseau Chapleau Patterson Costigan Dickey Montague Ouimet (acting) Daly (acting) Tupper Scott Murphy Roche Coderre Blondin Patenaude Sévigny (acting) Meighen Burrell Sifton Drayton (acting) Monty Copp Foster Murphy (acting) Lapointe Perley Rinfret Cahan Rinfret Lapointe Casgrain McLarty Martin Gibson Bradley Pickersgill Pinard Fairclough Courtemanche Balcer Dorion Balcer Halpenny Pickersgill Lamontagne LaMarsh Connolly Marchand Pelletier Faulkner Roberts MacDonald Fox Regan Joyal McLean B. Bouchard Crombie L. Bouchard Weiner de Cotret Landry¹
¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Secretaries of State for Canada

¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.