Robert McGowan Dickie (c. 1784 – January 14, 1854) was a judge and political figure in
Nova Scotia. He represented Amherst township from 1836 to 1843 and Cumberland County from 1843 to 1851 in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly. His surname also appears as Dickey in some sources.
He was the son of William Dickie. Dickie married Eleanor Chapman around 1812. He was lieutenant colonel in the county militia and a
justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
and served as justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. He died at Goose River,
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, at the age of 69.
His son
Robert Barry Dickie served in the Canadian Senate and is considered to be one of the Fathers of Confederation.
References
* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)
1780s births
1854 deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
Colony of Nova Scotia judges
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