Robert Barry Dickey

Born in Amherst, educated at Windsor Academy, and called to the bar in 1834, Dickey practiced law in Amherst and sat in the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia (1858-67). A Father of Confederation, he attended both the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences but refused to subscribe to the Quebec Resolutions until more generous financial terms were conceded in 1866. A widely-travelled and successful Amherst businessman he gave general support to the Conservative Party but played a minor political role. He was called to the Senate in 1867. He died in Amherst.

Avocat et Père de la Confédération, Dickey naquit à Amherst, étudia à l’Académie de Windsor et fut admis au barreau en 1834. Il siéga au Conseil législatif de la Nouvelle-Écosse (1858) avant de devenir sénateur en 1867. Il assista aux Conférences de Charlottetown et du Québec, mais refusa de souscrire aux résolutions de Québec jusqu’à ce qu’on accorde à sa province, en 1866, des conditions financières plus généreuses. Grand voyageur, et homme d’affaires prospère, il appuya toujours le parti conservateur, mais sans jouer un rôle de premier plan. Il est mort à Amherst.