David Edward Dicker (21 April 1882 – 7 February 1967) was an Australian politician. He was born in Clarence. In 1909 he was elected to the

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as a

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member for

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. In 1917 he was charged with treason over anti-British statements, which led to his removal from the Public Works Committee. In January 1922, the Labor Party refused his nomination for preselection for his seat at the 1922 election over a dispute relating to past organising work with the

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. He nominated to recontest his seat as an independent, and was expelled from the party for disloyalty in May before going on to lose his seat. He was refused readmission to the Labor Party as late as 1935, but was eventually readmitted. Dicker died in

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in 1967.

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1882 births 1967 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub