Allan Dick (politician): Difference between revisions

In 1962, he won the [[Waitaki by-election, 1962|1962 Waitaki by-election]],{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=192}} after the sudden death of the Hon. [[Thomas Hayman]], who had been an MP from {{NZ election link year|1949}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=204}} He was one of six candidates for the National nomination in this largely rural and safe National seat. He represented the [[Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)|Waitaki]] electorate to 1969, and then the {{NZ electorate link|Oamaru}} electorate from {{NZ election link year|1969}} to 1972, when he was defeated.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=192}} He was one of four National Party incumbents from [[Otago]] and [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]] who lost their normally blue electorate to the Labour challenger over the proposed raising of the lake levels of lakes [[Lake Manapouri|Manapouri]] and [[Lake Te Anau|Te Anau]], which was opposed by the [[Save Manapouri campaign]]. Labour's election manifesto was for the lakes to remain at their natural levels.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=White |first1=Mike |title=Saving Manapōuri: The campaign that changed a nation |magazine=[[North & South (New Zealand magazine)|North & South]] |date=30 June 2019 |url=https://www.noted.co.nz/planet/planet-planet/manapouri-the-campaign-that-changed-a-nation |access-date=10 August 2020 |archive-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527073428/https://www.noted.co.nz/planet/planet-planet/manapouri-the-campaign-that-changed-a-nation |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dick held various positions outside parliament. He was a foundation member of the [[Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park|Mount Cook National Park]] Board. For a time, he chaired the [[Lake Tekapo (town)|Tekapo]] Town Planning Committee, and he was a chairman of the [[Waitaki Lakes]] Committee. He was chairman of the Mackenzie branch of [[Federated Farmers]].{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=307}} He was appointed a [[Queen's Service Order|Companion of the Queen's Service Order]] for community service in the [[1981 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1981 Queen's Birthday Honours]].,{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=192}}<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/48641/supplements/43 ''{{London Gazette'' (supplement), No. |issue=48641, |date=13 June 1981 |page=44 |supp=3}}</ref> and was awarded the [[New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal]] in 1990.<ref Retrievedname="HBTQ">{{cite 26book May|last1=Taylor 2013.|first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=121}}</ref>

Dick died in Oamaru on 15 March 1992.<ref name="HBTQ"/> His wife, Betty Dick, wrote a book ''High Country Family'' (Reed, Wellington, 1964) about their life on Lilybank Station, and the changes when he became an MP. They had four sons and one daughter.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

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*{{cite book |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |authorlink author-link= Barry Gustafson |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6}}

*{{Cite book |ref=harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyearorig-date= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103}}

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