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William Robert Dick
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Lumber merchant, MLA (1875-1878).
Born at Kingston, Upper Canada [now Ontario] on 31 December 1821, he spent his boyhood and early manhood in Victoria County. He came to Manitoba in 1871 and founded a lumber business in partnership with his son-in-law William Ward Banning. He later purchased businesses in Rat Portage and Norman.
In 1845, he married Isabella Willock (1818-1899) and they had six children: Margaret Ann Dick (1845-1936, wife of ? Ellis), George Dick (1847-1911), Francis Dick (1852-1930), John Dick, Mary Dick (1855-1931, wife of William Ward Banning), and Sarah Isabella Dick (1857-1950). He was the first Reeve for the Rural Municipality of Springfield (1873) and, in December 1874, he was elected to the Manitoba Legislature for the constituency of Springfield and served one term.
He died at his Winnipeg residence, 436 Edmonton Street, on 31 March 1904 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
Death registrations [Isabella Dick, William Robert Dick], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Death of a pioneer,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 April 1904, page 1.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
We thank Sharyn Thomson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 March 2026
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