James Dickson (1813 – 28 April 1863) was an Australian politician and 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 1857 until his death.
Early life
Dickson was born in Scotland and was the son of a farmer. After an elementary education he trained as a tailor and came to Australia as an assisted immigrant in 1838. On arrival he established a successful general store in
Maitland
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and also accrued significant pastoral interests.
New South Wales Parliament
Dickson was a member of the first
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 ...
which was convened after the establishment of responsible self-government in 1856. He was elected for the two-member seat of
Northumberland Boroughs at a
by-election in November 1857 which was caused by the death of the incumbent member,
Bob Nichols. Dickson retained the seat, unopposed, at the
1858 election, but the electorate was abolished prior to the
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election in 1859. At that election, Dickson was an unsuccessful candidate at
East Maitland
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, and
Patrick's Plains. He re-entered parliament as the member for East Maitland following the
1859 by-election caused by the resignation of the incumbent
Joseph Chambers who had accepted a position as Crown Prosecutor in the Western Districts of New South Wales. Dickson retained this seat at the
1860 election,
until his death in 1863. He did not attain ministerial or parliamentary office.
References
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1813 births
1863 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
19th-century Australian politicians