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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{other people|Joseph Dickson}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Joe Dickson
| image               = Joe Dickson.png
| office              = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start          = 2007
| term_end            = 2018
| predecessor         = ''New riding''
| successor           = ''Riding abolished''
| constituency        = [[Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)|Ajax—Pickering]]
| party               = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| residence           = [[Ajax, Ontario]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1940|03|26}}<ref name="arbormemorial.ca">{{cite web | url=https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/mceachnie/obituaries/louis-joseph-joe-dickson/81850.html | title=Louis Joseph "Joe" Dickson &#124; Obituary &#124; Sharing Memories }}</ref>
| birth_name          = Louis Joseph Dickson<ref name="arbormemorial.ca">{{cite web | url=https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/mceachnie/obituaries/louis-joseph-joe-dickson/81850.html | title=Louis Joseph "Joe" Dickson &#124; Obituary &#124; Sharing Memories }}</ref>
| birth_place         = [[Ajax, Ontario]]
| occupation          = Businessowner
| spouse              = Donna
| children            = 2
| caption             = Dickson in 2018
| honorific_suffix    = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada)|MPP]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2022|04|06|1940|03|26}}
}}
'''Joe Dickson''' (March{{nbsp}}26, 1940{{snd}}April{{nbsp}}6, 2022) was a politician in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was a [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 2007 to 2018 who represented the riding of [[Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)|Ajax—Pickering]].

==Background==
Dickson was born and raised in [[Ajax, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Second time the charm for Dickson; Well-known councillor who lost 1995 bid was clear winner yesterday |last=Vyhnak |first=Carola |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=October 11, 2007 |page=A15}}</ref> He was the owner of a printing business, Dickson Printing Ltd.<ref name=ready>{{cite news |title=Liberals and Tories ready for election battle in Ajax-Pickering |last=Szekely |first=Reka |newspaper=The Ajax News Advertiser |date=May 18, 2011 |page=1}}</ref>  Dickson was a recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] and the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=12249&t=6&ln=Dickson |title=Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal Recipients |publisher=[[Governor General of Canada]] |access-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=205321&t=13&ln=Dickson |title=Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Medal Recipients |publisher=[[Governor General of Canada]] |access-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref> He supports 22 Ajax-Pickering area sports teams.<ref name=renaissanceconf>{{cite web |url=http://renaissanceconference.ca/joe-dickson/ |title=2013 Renaissance Conference |access-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref> He lived in Ajax with his wife Donna. They have two adult children and five grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |title=Comfortable victory for Joe Dickson in Ajax-Pickering |last=Szekely |first=Reka |newspaper=The Ajax News Advertiser |date=October 7, 2011 |page=1}}</ref> 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 [[Ajax, Ontario]] from 1983 to 1990 and then from 1992 to 2006. He also served as a regional councillor for Durham. and also served as a [[board of education|trustee]] on the Ajax Catholic School Board.<ref name=ready/><ref>{{cite news |title=Dickson seeks Liberal nod |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=January 20, 1994 |page=SD1}}</ref>

Dickson ran for the Liberal Party in the [[1995 Ontario general election|1995 election]] in the riding of [[Durham West (provincial electoral district)|Durham West]] but lost to [[Janet Ecker]] by 15,258 votes.<ref name="1995 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=durham+west&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |access-date=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223129/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=durham+west&flag=E&layout=G |archive-date=May 12, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In the [[2007 Ontario general election|2007 provincial election]] he ran for the Liberals again in the candidate in the riding of [[Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)|Ajax—Pickering]]. He defeated [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] candidate [[Kevin Ashe]] by 5,959 votes.<ref name="2007 results">{{cite web|url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007160233/http://www.elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2009 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=2014-03-02 |page=1 (x) }}</ref> He was re-elected in [[2011 Ontario general election|2011]]<ref name="2011 results">{{cite web|url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330163815/http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 6, 2011 |access-date=2014-03-02 |page=1 }}</ref> and [[2014 Ontario general election|2014]].<ref name="2014 results">{{cite web |title=General Election by District: Ajax-Pickering |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 12, 2014 |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=001 |access-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923153800/http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=001 |archive-date=September 23, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dickson served as a deputy [[whip (politics)|government whip]] from 2007 to 2011. In September 2013, he was appointed as [[parliamentary assistant]] to the [[Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration|Minister of Citizenship and Immigration]] and he served in that capacity until the Legislature was dissolved May 2, 2014. In July 2014 he was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the [[Ministry of Northern Development and Mines|Minister of Northern Development and Mines]].

In the [[2018 Ontario general election|2018 provincial election]] he ran in the redistributed riding of [[Ajax (provincial electoral district)|Ajax]]. He came in third behind Progressive Conservative winner [[Rod Phillips (politician)|Rod Phillips]] and runner-up [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] Monique Hughes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hard work paid off, Phillips said of Ajax win |date=June 13, 2018 |first=Keith |last=Gilligan |newspaper=Ajax News Advertiser |publisher=Metroland Media Group Ltd. |url=https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/8660516-hard-work-paid-off-phillips-said-of-ajax-win/}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{CANelec/top|ON|2018|Ajax (provincial electoral district)|Ajax|percent=yes}}
 
{{CANelec|ON|PC|[[Rod Phillips (politician)|Rod Phillips]]|19,078|39.05%|}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Monique Hughes|15,130|30.97%|}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Joe Dickson|12,607|25.80%|}}
{{CANelec|ON|Green|Stephen Leahy|1,244|2.51%|}}
{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Marsha Haynes|312|0.64%|}}
{{CANelec|ON|NOTA|Frank Lopez|289|0.59%|}}
{{CANelec|ON|Independent|Kevin J. Brackley|220|0.45%|}}
 
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|48,860|99.14% &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|421|0.86%|}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|49,281|56.21%|}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|87,672}}
{{CANelec/pickup|ON|PC}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Ontario]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www4.elections.on.ca/RealTimeResults|title=Election Night Results|publisher=Elections Ontario|access-date=31 Aug 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{Ontario provincial election, 2014/Ajax—Pickering}}
{{Ontario provincial election, 2011/Ajax—Pickering}}
{{Ontario provincial election, 2007/Ajax—Pickering}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1995 Ontario general election]]: [[Durham West (provincial electoral district)|Durham West]]}}
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives |[[Janet Ecker]]  | 29,232 | 54.6 }}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Joe Dickson  | 13,974 | 26.1 }}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|[[Jim Wiseman]]  |  9,444 | 17.6 }}
{{CANelec|ON|Independent |Neil Fonseka |    904 |  1.7 }}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source:<ref name="1995 results"/>}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Ontario MPP biography2|joe-dickson}}

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