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Samuel Douglas Dickson (26 March 1894 – 27 July 1960) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
from 1938 until his death in 1960. He was a member of the Country Party, serving as its Deputy Leader from 1953 to 1958. Dickson was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales. He was the son of a monumental mason and was educated to elementary level at Cootamundra Public School. He served in the
First Australian Imperial Force The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during the First World War. It was formed as the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) following Britain's declaration of war on Germany on 15 Au ...
in Egypt and France. After the First World War he became a soldier-settler in the
Temora, New South Wales Temora () is a town in the north-east of the Riverina area of New South Wales, south-west of the state capital, Sydney. At the the population of Temora was 4,693. Temora has been reported as being the friendliest town in New South Wales, fol ...
region. Dickson was elected to the New South Wales Parliament at the 1938 as the Country Party member for Temora. He replaced the retiring member
Hugh Main Hugh Main (22 August 1883 – 27 August 1961) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1920 until 1938, representing the electorates of Cootamundra (1920–1927) and Temora (1927–1938). I ...
. He retained the seat at the next 7 elections, and died as the sitting member in 1960.


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  1894 births 1960 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly People from Cootamundra 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-National-politician-stub