Canadian politician

Fred Dickson QC (July 4, 1937 – February 9, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada. Dickson was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2, 2009.

Career

He was counsel with the law firm of McInnes Cooper and has advised the federal and provincial governments on numerous resource and infrastructure projects, including serving as an advisor to the Government of Nova Scotia under Premier John Buchanan during the signing of the 1982 and 1985 Canada/Nova Scotia Offs* Oil and Gas Agreements. He was a director of the Offs*/Ons* Technologies *ociation of Nova Scotia and Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships.

He died on February 9, 2012 after a four-year battle with colon cancer.

References

External links

• Fred Dickson – Parliament of Canada biography