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♂ Paul Wyatt Dick
aliasPaul Dick
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 27 October 1940 → 83 years + 6 months ago
Lived 77 years + 6 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 32 years
Death 2 May 2018 → 5 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 6 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Paul Wyatt Dick (1940–2018)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
After 20 years as an Ontario Progressive Conservative MP, Dick found that his political experience counted for little in job interviews after his defeat in 1993. He eventually found entry-level work at a stock brokerage firm, gradually becoming successful and earning a six-figure salary.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 20 11 19

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 45–48 30 Jun 1986 — 29 Jan 1989 2 6 30
2. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 48–53 30 Jan 1989 — 03 Nov 1993 4 9 4
3. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 48–53 30 Jan 1989 — 03 Nov 1993 4 9 4
4. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 52–53 25 Jun 1993 — 03 Nov 1993 0 4 9
 1. Associate Minister [National Defence]
 2. Supply and Services
 3. Receiver General [Supply and Services]
 4. Public Works

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Murray A. McBride  m 
 		 ⊕ Ian M. Murray  m 
 
Eligible: 41,482 Votes: 34,952 Participation: 84.26% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10244(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
PC
 1/3 17,893 54.23% +4,610 Loser:
LIB
 13,283 40.26% Murray A. McBride

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,953 Votes: 34,816 Participation: 79.21% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10507(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
PC
 1/3 18,242 52.60% +5,233 Loser:
LIB
 13,009 37.51% Bud Barrett

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,814 Votes: 40,511 Participation: 76.71% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4449(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/3 24,277 59.93% +13,792 Loser:
LIB
 10,485 25.88% Pat Carroll

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,814 Votes: 37,631 Participation: 71.25% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4167(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/4 20,487 54.63% +8,670 Loser:
LIB
 11,817 31.51% Pat Carroll

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,514 Votes: 45,551 Participation: 79.20% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3882(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/4 24,395 53.77% +8,867 Loser:
LIB
 15,528 34.22% Brooke McNabb

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56,994 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3587(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/4 27,379 48.04% +7,104 Loser:
LIB
 20,275 35.57% Janet Marshall

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 97,788 Votes: 71,112 Participation: 72.72% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3289(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
PC
 2/9 16,723 23.61% -18,265 Winner:
LIB
 34,988 49.40% Ian M. Murray

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Paul Wyatt Dick, Q.C., P.C.		 28 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Paul Wyatt Dick, c.r., C.P.		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul Dick		 28 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul Dick		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 02:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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