Thomas Dickie (1860-1935)

Lawyer, MLA (1896-1899).

Born at Puslinch Lake, Ontario on 24 October 1860, son of James and Elizabeth Dickie, he was educated at Guelph High School and St. Catharines Collegiate. He worked as a publisher and editor, and was serving as a Justice of the Peace at Souris, Manitoba prior to his election to the Manitoba Legislature in 1896, for the Avondale constituency. He served a single term then trained as a lawyer at Wawanesa. On 2 August 1892, he married Sarah Jane Griffiths (1849-1931) in the Rural Municipality of Glenwood. He later moved to Winnipeg and worked as a lawyer. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia around 1911, where he died on 16 December 1935.

Source:

Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Thomas Dickie”, Manitoba Free Press, 16 March 1899, page 12.

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

“Souris”, Manitoba Free Press, 2 January 1901, page 6.

Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 3 August 2008

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