John Purcell Dickie (born 14 July 1874 – 1963) was a

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(later

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) politician in the

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. At the 1922 general election, he contested the Gateshead constituency, coming third. However, in

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he won the seat, but was

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(MP) for Gateshead for less than a year, losing the seat at the general election in October 1924. He did not contest Gateshead again, but stood unsuccessfully in the Darlington by-election in 1926 and at Consett in

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. When the

split over participation in the

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-dominated National Government, Dickie joined the breakaway National Liberals, and was elected at the 1931 general election as National Liberal MP for Consett. He was defeated at the 1935 general election, and did not stand again.

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* * at Leigh Rayment's Peerage pages

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* 1874 births 1963 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1931–1935 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub