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Sir
James Robert Dickson Order of St Michael and St George (
30 November 1832 - 10 January 1901) was an
Australian politician and
businessman, the 13th
Premier of Queensland and a member of the first federal ministry.
Dickson was born in
Plymouth, Devon, and migrated initially to Victoria, Australia in 1854. He settled in Queensland in 1862, becoming an auctioneer. A wealthy and influential businessman, he was elected as a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Enoggera in 1873. He was made Secretary for Public Works and Mines in 1876 under Arthur Macalister, and was Treasurer 1876-79. In the absence of Sir
Samuel Griffith he was briefly Opposition Leader, and was Treasurer again 1883-87 after Griffith became Premier. He lost his seat in 1888 but was again elected for Bulimba in 1892, supporting the importation of labourers from the
Oceania to work on the Queensland canefields.{{ADB|last=Cuthbert|first=D. D.|authorlink=|year=1981|id=A080327b|title= Dickson, Sir James Robert (1832 - 1901)|accessdate=2007-10-20 -->{{cite web | first=Percival
| last=Serle
| authorlink=Percival Serle
| title =Dickson, Sir James Robert (1832 - 1901)
| publisher =[Project Gutenberg Australia
| work=[Dictionary of Australian Biography
| url =http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogD.html#dickson1
| accessdate = 2007-10-20 -->
In the so-called
Continuous Ministry of the late 1890s, Dickson attained the positions of Secretary for Railways in 1897, Postmaster-General and Home Secretary 1898-99. In September 1898, after the death of
Thomas Byrnes he was made Premier. The Continuous Ministry by this stage was falling apart, and Dickson had only a brief period in office before
Anderson Dawson gained the support of the Legislative Assembly to become the world's first elected Labour Party leader. The Ministerialists regrouped a week later to vote Dawson out of office. Dickson lacked support to become Premier again, and that position instead went to
Robert Philp, in whose government Dickson was Chief Secretary.
Dickson was a leading supporter of Australian federation in Queensland and was mainly responsible for winning a "yes" vote in the Queensland referendum on the proposed
Constitution of Australia in 1900. As a result, Dickson was appointed Minister for Defence in the first federal ministry under
Edmund Barton on 1 January, 1901. He was intending to stand for election to the first Federal Parliament, but on 10 January he died suddenly at the Commonwealth's inaugural ceremonies in Sydney. He was the first federal Minister to die in office.
Honours
Dickson was apointed a Knight Commander of the
Order of St Michael and St George in January 1901. The Division of Dickson of Dickson in Queensland, and the
Canberra suburb of Dickson, Australian Capital Territory are named after him.
See also
References
{{Persondata]n businessman, politician and [Premier of Queensland [1832, [Devon [1901-->
Sir
James Robert Dickson Order of St Michael and St George (30 November 1832 - 10 January
1901) was an
Australian politician and
businessman, the 13th
Premier of Queensland and a member of the first federal ministry.
Dickson was born in
Plymouth, Devon, and migrated initially to Victoria, Australia in 1854. He settled in Queensland in 1862, becoming an auctioneer. A wealthy and influential businessman, he was elected as a member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Enoggera in 1873. He was made Secretary for Public Works and Mines in 1876 under
Arthur Macalister, and was Treasurer 1876-79. In the absence of Sir Samuel Griffith he was briefly Opposition Leader, and was Treasurer again 1883-87 after Griffith became Premier. He lost his seat in 1888 but was again elected for Bulimba in 1892, supporting the importation of labourers from the Oceania to work on the Queensland canefields.{{ADB|last=Cuthbert|first=D. D.|authorlink=|year=1981|id=A080327b|title= Dickson, Sir James Robert (1832 - 1901)|accessdate=2007-10-20 -->{{cite web | first=Percival
| last=Serle
| authorlink=Percival Serle
| title =Dickson, Sir James Robert (1832 - 1901)
| publisher =[Project Gutenberg Australia
| work=[Dictionary of Australian Biography
| url =http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogD.html#dickson1
| accessdate = 2007-10-20 -->
In the so-called Continuous Ministry of the late 1890s, Dickson attained the positions of Secretary for Railways in 1897, Postmaster-General and Home Secretary 1898-99. In September 1898, after the death of
Thomas Byrnes he was made Premier. The Continuous Ministry by this stage was falling apart, and Dickson had only a brief period in office before Anderson Dawson gained the support of the Legislative Assembly to become the world's first elected
Labour Party leader. The Ministerialists regrouped a week later to vote Dawson out of office. Dickson lacked support to become Premier again, and that position instead went to
Robert Philp, in whose government Dickson was Chief Secretary.
Dickson was a leading supporter of Australian federation in Queensland and was mainly responsible for winning a "yes" vote in the Queensland
referendum on the proposed Constitution of Australia in 1900. As a result, Dickson was appointed Minister for Defence in the first federal ministry under
Edmund Barton on 1 January, 1901. He was intending to stand for election to the first Federal Parliament, but on 10 January he died suddenly at the Commonwealth's inaugural ceremonies in Sydney. He was the first federal Minister to die in office.
Honours
Dickson was apointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in January 1901. The
Division of Dickson of Dickson in Queensland, and the
Canberra suburb of Dickson, Australian Capital Territory are named after him.
See also
- Australian Commonwealth ministries 1901-2004
References
{{Persondata]n businessman, politician and [Premier of Queensland [1832, [Devon [1901-->
