Thomas Alexander Dickson PC (12 October 1833 – 17 June 1909) was an

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politician. He represented a series of Irish constituencies as a

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(MP) in the

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of the

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. Dickson was elected to

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at the general election in 1874 as MP for

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, and re-elected at the 1880 general election. His re-election was declared void on 10 June 1880 following a petition from the losing candidate, Colonel Knox. His son,

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won the seat at the subsequent by-election with an increased majority. He was returned to

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the following year in a by-election for the County Tyrone constituency, and held that seat until the Tyrone constituency was divided at the 1885 general election. He returned to Westminster three years later, in May 1888, when he won a by-election for the Dublin St Stephen's Green constituency. He held that seat until the 1892 general election. He was a Trustee of

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, Derry from about 1880.Thom's Directory, 1884, page 806
/ref> His daughter, Emily Winifred Dickson was the first woman to be elected Fellow of a college of surgeons in either Ireland or Great Britain and she initially had her practice in his home in Dublin while he was based there.

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* 1833 births 1909 deaths Irish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1886–1892 Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (1801–1922) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Dublin constituencies (1801–1922) {{Liberal-UK-MP-stub