- Paul Dick
Paul Wyatt Dick, PC (born
October 27 1940 ) is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.After studying law and working as an assistant
crown attorney , Dick was first elected to theCanadian House of Commons in the 1972 general election as the Progressive ConservativeMember of Parliament forLanark—Renfrew—Carleton . In 1983, he became DeputyHouse Leader of theparliamentary Opposition Tory party.He was appointed a
parliamentary secretary following the Tory victory in the 1984 general election under Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney . In 1986, Dick was promoted to Cabinet asAssociate Minister of National Defence .He was re-elected as an MP in the 1988 election for the redistributed riding of
Lanark—Carleton , and was moved to the position of Minister of Supply and Services in 1989.When
Kim Campbell succeeded Mulroney as prime minister in June 1993, she retained Dick as Supply and Services minister, while adding an appointment as Minister of Public Works. However, both Dick and the Campbell government were defeated in the subsequent 1993 election, which ended his political career.At 53 and with most of his adult life having been consumed by politics, Dick found himself out of work and with his political experience counting for little in job interviews. After being turned down for executive or management level positions, Dick found entry-level work at a
stock broker age firm. Dick was successful and now earns a six-figure salary. The story of Dick's life after politics is one of those profiled in the 2003 book "The Dark Side: The Personal Price of a Political Life" bySteve Paikin ISBN 0-670-04328-1.
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