and resigned from the council a month later. The election was held on 4 August 1865 and with 990 votes to 565, Dick achieved a clear majority. He represented four Dunedin electorates, first the City of Dunedin electorate from 1860 to 1862 and 1862 to 1863, then the Port Chalmers electorate in and 1866–1867, then the City of Dunedin electorate again from to 1881, then the Dunedin West electorate from to 1884, when he was defeated by William Downie Stewart by 504 votes to 480 in the . Previously he had not been defeated; he had resigned the seat he then held in 1862, 1863, 1866, 1867 and 1881. Dick contested the Dunedin West electorate again in the , but he was again defeated by Stewart by a similar margin (708 votes to 695). He was then offered to be appointed to the Legislative Council, but he declined and retired from politics. In Port Chalmers, Dick was elected on 17 March 1866 and resigned on 15 October 1866. He successfully contested the 15 December 1866 by-election, but resigned again on 26 April 1867. David Forsyth Main succeeded him through the 1867 by-election. Dick served in three Ministries: Hall, Whitaker, and the third Atkinson. He was Colonial Secretary from 5 March 1880 and held this role continuously until the defeat of the third Atkinson Ministry on 16 August 1884. He was appointed Minister of Education on 15 December 1880 in the Hall Ministry and also continuously served in this role until 16 August 1884. He was appointed Minister of Justice on 23 April 1881 in the Hall Ministry and held this role until 11 October 1882 during the term of the Whitaker Ministry. He was Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner in the Whitaker Ministry (11 October 1882 – 25 September 1883). The author of The History of Otago says about Dick that "he distinguished himself more by an assiduous devotion to duty than by any display of brilliance." Religion Dick was deeply involved in church matters. He became a baptist on Saint Helena, but was open-minded to all other evangelical churches. He was one of the original trustees of Knox Church in Dunedin. As the population grew during the gold mining days, he was one of the founders Hanover Street Baptist Church and became one of the trustees. In 1991, the church building was classified a Category I historic place by