Paul Dick

{{Short description|Canadian politician, broker, and lawyer (1940–2018)}} {{distinguish|Paul Dyck}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''Paul Wyatt Dick''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (October 27, 1940 – May 2, 2018) was a lawyer, [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and broker.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3439|nolist=yes}}</ref>

He was born in [[Kapuskasing, Ontario]], the son of Wyatt Dick and Constance Grace Harrison, and educated in [[Arnprior, Ontario|Arnprior]], [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], at the [[University of Western Ontario]] and the university of [[New Brunswick]]. Dick was called to the Ontario bar in 1969. He served as assistant [[crown attorney]] for [[Carleton County, Ontario|Carleton County]] from 1969 until 1972, when he entered private practice in [[Ottawa]]. In 1981, he was named [[Queen's Counsel]].<ref name="who">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNuphN-Vh_oC&pg=PA352 |title=Canadian Who's Who 2003 |last=Lumley |first=Elizabeth |year=2003 |page=352 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-8865-1 |access-date=2009-10-18}}</ref>

Dick was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972 general election]] as the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton]]. In 1983, he became Deputy [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Opposition]] [[House Leader]].<ref name="parl"/>

He was appointed a [[parliamentary secretary]] following the Tory victory in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 general election]] under [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]]. In 1986, Dick was promoted to [[Canadian Cabinet|Cabinet]] as [[Associate Minister of National Defence]].<ref name="parl"/>

He was re-elected as an MP in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 election]] for the redistributed [[Riding (division)|riding]] of [[Lanark—Carleton]], and was moved to the position of [[Minister of Supply and Services (Canada)|Minister of Supply and Services]] in 1989.<ref name="parl"/>

When [[Kim Campbell]] succeeded Mulroney as prime minister in June 1993, she retained Dick as Supply and Services minister, while adding an appointment as [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Minister of Public Works]]. However, in the subsequent [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993 election]], Dick was defeated, losing to [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Ian Murray (Canadian politician)|Ian Murray]] by over 18,000 votes.<ref name="parl"/>

At 53, and with having spent most of his adult life in politics, Dick found that his political experience counted for little in job interviews. After being turned down for executive or management level positions, Dick found entry-level work at a [[brokerage firm|stock brokerage firm]]. Dick was successful and ultimately earned a six-figure salary. The story of Dick's life after politics is one of those profiled in the 2003 book ''The Dark Side: The Personal Price of a Political Life'' by [[Steve Paikin]].

Dick died at home of a heart attack at the age of 77.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/paul-dick-longtime-mp-from-lanark-area-dies-same-day-as-fellow-tory|title = Paul Dick, longtime MP from Lanark area, dies same day as fellow Tory}}</ref>

There is a Paul W. Dick [[fonds]] at [[Library and Archives Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finding aid to Paul W. Dick fonds, Library and Archives Canada|url=https://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000775.pdf|access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|ca}} {{succession box | before = [[Murray McBride]] | title = [[Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton|Member of Parliament for<br> Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton]] | years = 1972–1988 | after = Riding Abolished }}

{{succession box | before = Riding Created | title = [[Carleton—Mississippi Mills|Member of Parliament for<br /> Lanark—Carleton]] | years = 1988–1993 | after = [[Ian Murray (Canadian politician)|Ian Murray]] }}

{{s-off}} {{succession box | before = [[Otto Jelinek]] | title = [[Minister of Supply and Services]] | years = 1989–1993 | after = [[David Dingwall]] }}

{{succession box | before = [[Elmer MacKay]] | title = [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Minister of Public Works]] | years = 1993 | after = [[David Dingwall]] }} {{s-end}}

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