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Dick was born in 1915 at [[Dunedin]]. He received his education at [[Otago Boys' High School]]. After school, he farmed at North Otago, [[Kurow]] and then Lilybank Station at the head of [[Lake Tekapo]] in the [[McKenzie Country]]. He bought Lilybank in 1937.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=307}}
In 1962, he won the [[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}}</ref>
Dick held various positions outside parliament. He was a foundation member of the [[Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park|Mount Cook National Park]] Board.
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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