# Paul Dick

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Canadian politician, broker, and lawyer (1940–2018)

Not to be confused with [Paul Dyck](/source/Paul_Dyck).

**Paul Wyatt Dick**, [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (October 27, 1940 – May 2, 2018) was a lawyer, [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician and broker.[1]

He was born in [Kapuskasing, Ontario](/source/Kapuskasing%2C_Ontario), the son of Wyatt Dick and Constance Grace Harrison, and educated in [Arnprior](/source/Arnprior%2C_Ontario), [Port Hope](/source/Port_Hope%2C_Ontario), at the [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario) and the university of [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick). Dick was called to the Ontario bar in 1969. He served as assistant [crown attorney](/source/Crown_attorney) for [Carleton County](/source/Carleton_County%2C_Ontario) from 1969 until 1972, when he entered private practice in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa). In 1981, he was named [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel).[2]

Dick was first elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) in the [1972 general election](/source/1972_Canadian_federal_election) as the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton](/source/Lanark%E2%80%94Renfrew%E2%80%94Carleton). In 1983, he became Deputy [Opposition](/source/Official_Opposition_(Canada)) [House Leader](/source/House_Leader).[1]

He was appointed a [parliamentary secretary](/source/Parliamentary_secretary) following the Tory victory in the [1984 general election](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election) under [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) [Brian Mulroney](/source/Brian_Mulroney). In 1986, Dick was promoted to [Cabinet](/source/Canadian_Cabinet) as [Associate Minister of National Defence](/source/Associate_Minister_of_National_Defence).[1]

He was re-elected as an MP in the [1988 election](/source/1988_Canadian_federal_election) for the redistributed [riding](/source/Riding_(division)) of [Lanark—Carleton](/source/Lanark%E2%80%94Carleton), and was moved to the position of [Minister of Supply and Services](/source/Minister_of_Supply_and_Services_(Canada)) in 1989.[1]

When [Kim Campbell](/source/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](/source/Minister_of_Public_Works_(Canada)). However, in the subsequent [1993 election](/source/1993_Canadian_federal_election), Dick was defeated, losing to [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) [Ian Murray](/source/Ian_Murray_(Canadian_politician)) by over 18,000 votes.[1]

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 [stock brokerage firm](/source/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](/source/Steve_Paikin).

Dick died at home of a heart attack at the age of 77.[3]

There is a Paul W. Dick [fonds](/source/Fonds) at [Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada).[4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-parl_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-parl_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-parl_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-parl_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-parl_1-4) [Paul Dick – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=3439)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-who_2-0)** Lumley, Elizabeth (2003). [*Canadian Who's Who 2003*](https://books.google.com/books?id=aNuphN-Vh_oC&pg=PA352). University of Toronto Press. p. 352. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8020-8865-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8020-8865-1). Retrieved 2009-10-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Paul Dick, longtime MP from Lanark area, dies same day as fellow Tory"](https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/paul-dick-longtime-mp-from-lanark-area-dies-same-day-as-fellow-tory).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Finding aid to Paul W. Dick fonds, Library and Archives Canada"](https://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000775.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2020-09-03.

Parliament of Canada Preceded by Murray McBride Member of Parliament for Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton 1972–1988 Succeeded by Riding Abolished Preceded by Riding Created Member of Parliament for Lanark—Carleton 1988–1993 Succeeded by Ian Murray Political offices Preceded by Otto Jelinek Minister of Supply and Services 1989–1993 Succeeded by David Dingwall Preceded by Elmer MacKay Minister of Public Works 1993 Succeeded by David Dingwall

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell (1993) Kim Campbell Perrin Beatty Pierre Blais Pauline Browes Jean Charest Mary Collins Jean Corbeil Paul Dick Jim Edwards Tom Hockin Monique Landry Doug Lewis Gilles Loiselle Peter McCreath Charles Mayer Lowell Murray Rob Nicholson Ross Reid Larry Schneider Tom Siddon Bobbie Sparrow Garth Turner Bernard Valcourt Pierre H. Vincent Gerry Weiner

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–93) Brian Mulroney Harvie Andre Perrin Beatty André Bissonnette Pierre Blais Suzanne Blais-Grenier Benoît Bouchard Lucien Bouchard Pauline Browes Pierre Cadieux Kim Campbell Pat Carney Andrée Champagne Jean Charest Joe Clark Robert Coates Mary Collins Jean Corbeil Michel Côté David Crombie John Crosbie Marcel Danis Robert de Cotret Paul Dick Jake Epp John Fraser George Hees Ray Hnatyshyn Tom Hockin Otto Jelinek James Kelleher Roch La Salle Monique Landry Robert Layton Doug Lewis Gilles Loiselle Flora MacDonald Elmer MacKay Shirley Martin Marcel Masse Charles Mayer Don Mazankowski John McDermid Barbara McDougall Stewart McInnes Bill McKnight Walter McLean Thomas McMillan Gerald Merrithew Lowell Murray Jack Murta Erik Nielsen Frank Oberle Alan Redway Dufferin Roblin Tom Siddon Gerry St. Germain Sinclair Stevens Bernard Valcourt Monique Vézina Pierre H. Vincent Gerry Weiner Michael Wilson William Winegard John Wise

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