Thomas Dick (New Zealand)
- Thomas Dick (New Zealand)
Thomas Dick (13 August 1823 – 5 February 1900) was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He was Superintendent of Otago Province in 1865, then Minister of Justice from 1881 to 1882, and Minister of Education from 1881 to 1884.
He represented four Dunedin electorates, first the Dunedin electorate from 1860 to 1862 and 1862 to 1863, then the Port Chalmers electorate in 1866 & 1866-67, then the Dunedin electorate again from 1879 to 1881, then the Dunedin West electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he was defeated. Previously he had not been defeated; he had resigned the seat he then held in 1862, 1863, 1866, 1867 and 1881.
He was born in Edinburgh, and died in Dunedin.
References
* [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/D/DickThomas/DickThomas/en Biography in 1966 "Encyclopaedia of New Zealand"]
*"New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984" by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
New Zealand general election, 1996 — 1993 ← members October 12, 1996 (1996 10 12) … Wikipedia
New Zealand general election, 1999 — 1996 ← members November 27, 1999 (1999 11 27) … Wikipedia
New Zealand general election, 2005 — 2002 ← members 17 September 2005 (2005 09 17) … Wikipedia
New Zealand Army rugby team of 1919 — New Zealand captain James Ryan receiving the Kings Cup from George V The New Zealand Army rugby team of 1919 was a rugby union team which represented New Zealand after the end of the First World War. Although spoken of as a single te … Wikipedia
New Zealand records in athletics — The following are the national records in athletics in New Zealand maintained by New Zealand s national athletics federation: Athletics New Zealand (ANZ). For unknown reasons ANZ does not recognise a multitude of best marks set by New Zealand… … Wikipedia
New Zealand supplementary elections — The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 authorised the General Assembly to establish new electoral districts and to alter the boundaries of, or abolish, existing districts whenever this was deemed necessary. The rapid growth of New Zealand s… … Wikipedia
Colonial Secretary (New Zealand) — The Colonial Secretary of New Zealand was an office established in 1840 and abolished in 1907.[1] The position should not be confused with the Colonial Secretary of the former Colonial Office of the United Kingdom. Along with the Chief Justice,… … Wikipedia
1936 in New Zealand — The shape of New Zealand politics for the next five decades was defined when, in the aftermath of their heavy defeat by Labour, the United and Reform parties merged to form the New Zealand National Party. In the meantime, the Labour government… … Wikipedia
1943 in New Zealand — Population* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,642,000 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8 E7B5 4CF2 B17C 15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls] * Increase since 31/12/1942: 5600 (0.34%) * Males per 100 Females: 92.9IncumbentsRegal… … Wikipedia
1940 in New Zealand — Population* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,633,600 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8 E7B5 4CF2 B17C 15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls] * Increase since 31/12/1939: 8000 ( 0.49%) * Males per 100 Females: 99.1IncumbentsRegal… … Wikipedia
