Joe Dickson (March26, 1940April6, 2022) was a politician in

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, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the

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from 2007 to 2018 who represented the riding of

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Background

Dickson was born and raised in

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. He was the owner of a printing business, Dickson Printing Ltd. Dickson was a recipient of the

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and the

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. He supports 22 Ajax-Pickering area sports teams. He lived in Ajax with his wife Donna. They have two adult children and five grandchildren. He died April 7, 2022.

Politics

Dickson began his career and community involvement as a trustee of the local Catholic District School Board. Dickson was a councillor for the town of

from 1983 to 1990 and then from 1992 to 2006. He also served as a regional councillor for Durham. and also served as a

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on the Ajax Catholic School Board. Dickson ran for the Liberal Party in the 1995 election in the riding of Durham West but lost to

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by 15,258 votes. In the 2007 provincial election he ran for the Liberals again in the candidate in the riding of

. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Kevin Ashe by 5,959 votes. He was re-elected in

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and

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. Dickson served as a deputy

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from 2007 to 2011. In September 2013, he was appointed as

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to the

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and he served in that capacity until the Legislature was dissolved May 2, 2014. In July 2014 he was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Northern Development and Mines. In the 2018 provincial election he ran in the redistributed riding of

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. He came in third behind Progressive Conservative winner Rod Phillips and runner-up

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Monique Hughes.

Electoral record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickson, Joe 1940 births 2022 deaths 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Businesspeople from Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Ontario municipal councillors Ontario school board trustees People from Ajax, Ontario