James Dickson (19 April 1859 – 8 August 1941) was an Irish Liberal Party politician in the era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
His sister was Emily Winifred Dickson, the first woman to be elected to a college of surgeons in either Great Britain or Ireland.
James Dickson won the by-election with 132 votes to the 128 of his opponent, Colonel Stuart Knox, a Conservative, who had also contested the general election.
[2] Aged 21 years and 67 days, he became one of the youngest people elected to the House of Commons since the Reform Act 1832.
[1] After leaving politics, Dickson continued his career by joining the family textile business, retiring after the First World War.