Harley Dickinson

Who was Harley Dickinson?

Harley Rivers Dickinson was an Australian politician.

Dickinson was born in Richmond in Melbourne to Rivers Arthur Dickinson, a solicitor, and Dolina Marion Arbuckle. He attended Croydon State School and then Geelong College, and also graduated from the Australian School of Pacific Administration. He was part of a pioneer expedition to Mount Fubulan in Papua New Guinea in June 1958, and was an officer in the department of the administrator until 1970.

On 28 November 1964, he married Nicola Charlotte Nina Payne, with whom he would have four children. In 1976, he returned to Australia to become assistant secretary of the Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers, farming at Bannockburn. In 1982, Dickinson was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for South Barwon.

He resigned from the Liberal Party on 20 May 1992 and contested that year's election as an independent but was defeated.