William James Dickie (10 April 1869 – 24 June 1921) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and opposition Whip.
Dickie was one of six children; he was born in Cobden, Westland,[1] on 10 April 1869 to William Dickie (who had arrived in New Zealand in the late 1850s from Menstrie, Scotland) and Mary Dent, who were early settlers to Greymouth.
[2] The electorate was abolished for the 1919 election, and he was defeated in 1919 by William Nosworthy standing for Ashburton.
[4] Dickie committed suicide on 24 June 1921 at his farm in Lyndhurst; he died from a gunshot wound to the head.
[6] He was survived by his wife, three sons, Colin, Deacon and Alan and four daughters Mary Ellen, Margaret, Catherine and Herwini.