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Mr William Edward DICKSON (1893 - 1966)
- Date of Birth: 26/04/1893
- Place of Birth: Widnes, Lancashire, England
- Date of Death: 22/05/1966
- Place of Death: Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Parliament | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 23 Dec 1925 | 22 Apr 1934 | 8yr(s) 4mth(s) | | Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 21 December 1925. |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 23 Apr 1940 | 22 May 1966 | 26yr(s) 30day(s) |  | A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 1 November 1939, 29 November 1951 and 21 November 1963.
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| Assistant Minister | 16 May 1941 | 19 May 1947 | 6yr(s) 4day(s) | | |
| Assistant Minister | 16 May 1941 | 9 Mar 1948 | 6yr(s) 9mth(s) 23day(s) | | |
| Minister for Building Materials | 9 Mar 1948 | 21 Sep 1949 | 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 13day(s) | | |
| Minister for Building Materials | 9 Mar 1948 | 21 Sep 1949 | 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 13day(s) | | |
| Secretary for Mines and Minister for Building Materials | 21 Sep 1949 | 30 Jun 1950 | 9mth(s) 10day(s) | | |
| Secretary for Mines and Minister for Building Materials | 21 Sep 1949 | 30 Jun 1950 | 9mth(s) 10day(s) | | |
| Minister for Secondary Industries and Minister for Building Materials | 30 Jun 1950 | 2 Apr 1952 | 1yr(s) 9mth(s) 4day(s) | | |
| Minister for Secondary Industries and Minister for Building Materials | 30 Jun 1950 | 15 Aug 1952 | 2yr(s) 1mth(s) 17day(s) | | |
| Minister for Secondary Industries and Minister for Building Materials | 3 Apr 1952 | 15 Aug 1952 | 4mth(s) 13day(s) | | |
| President of the Legislative Council | 18 Aug 1952 | 22 May 1966 | 13yr(s) 9mth(s) 5day(s) | | |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of R.J. Heffron's (q.v.) group expelled August 1936 and readmitted; returning officer 1944-1952.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Accountant and newspaper manager. Educated at Farnworth Church of England Grammar, England; employed in accountancy department of West Gossage and Co., Widnes; arrival at Australia in 1913, joined accountancy department South Mine, Broken Hill; dismissed for activities opposing conscription; worked as labourer underground; employed 1919 as assistant manager, later as general manager Barrier Daily Truth; moved to Sydney, advertising manager Labor Daily, later Daily News, 1938-1940; general secretary Australian Labor Party 1940-1941, campaign director 1940-1952; owned orchard at Lower Portland; director of Stocks and Holdings Ltd 1964-1966, of Associated Rural Industries Ltd 1964-1966 and Australia Rice Pty Ltd 1966; member Amalgamated Miners' Association, later Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, and of Barrier District Assembly; member Chartered Institute of Secretaries; trustee Ku-ring-gai Chase 1947-1963, Chairman 1954-1962.
Personal
Son of Edward, alkali labourer, and Bertha Stancliffe. Married Alice Celia Cogan on 22 Oct 1922 at Broken Hill and had issue, l son and 4 daughters. Church of England. Funeral at Northern Suburbs Crematorium from St James' Church of England, King St.
Additional Information
Text from the book: 'The Presiding Officers of the Parliament of New South Wales', Sydney, 1995
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