Allan David Dick (1 September 1915 – 15 March 1992) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Dick was born in 1915 at

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. He received his education at

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. After school, he farmed at North Otago,

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and then Lilybank Station at the head of

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in the McKenzie Country. He bought Lilybank in 1937. In 1962, he won the

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, after the sudden death of the Hon.

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, who had been an MP from . He was one of six candidates for the National nomination in this largely rural and safe National seat. He represented the Waitaki electorate to 1969, and then the electorate from to 1972, when he was defeated. He was one of four National Party incumbents from

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and

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who lost their normally blue electorate to the Labour challenger over the proposed raising of the lake levels of lakes

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and

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, which was opposed by the

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. Labour's election manifesto was for the lakes to remain at their natural levels. Dick held various positions outside parliament. He was a foundation member of the

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Board. For a time, he chaired the Tekapo Town Planning Committee, and he was a chairman of the Waitaki Lakes Committee. He was chairman of the Mackenzie branch of

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. He was appointed a

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for community service in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours, and was awarded the

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in 1990. Dick died in Oamaru on 15 March 1992. His wife, Betty Dick, wrote a book ''High Country Family'' (Reed, Wellington, 1964) about their life on Lilybank Station, and the changes when he became an MP. They had four sons and one daughter.

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* * , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Dick, Allan 1915 births 1992 deaths New Zealand National Party MPs Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates Politicians from Dunedin People educated at Otago Boys' High School Companions of the Queen's Service Order Unsuccessful candidates in the 1972 New Zealand general election 20th-century New Zealand farmers