Margaret Dickson | |
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| Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 19th district | |
| In office January 21, 2010 [1] –January 1, 2011 [2] | |
| Preceded by | Tony Rand |
| Succeeded by | Wesley Meredith |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1,2003 [3] –January 21,2010 | |
| Preceded by | Mia Morris (Redistricting) [4] |
| Succeeded by | Diane Parfitt |
| Constituency | 41st District (2003-2005) 44th District [5] (2005-2010) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21,1949 [6] |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | John W. Dickson |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill (BA) |
Margaret Highsmith Dickson is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly. In 2010,she was in her fourth two-year term representing the state's 44th House district,including constituents in Cumberland and Harnett counties,when she was selected by local Democrats to replace state Senator Tony Rand,who had resigned. [7] She is a retired broadcaster from Fayetteville,North Carolina.
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Dickson has served as the chair of the House Commerce,Small Business,and Entrepreneurship committee and University Board of Governors Nominating committee and as the vice-chair of the committee on Insurance. Dickson was also a member of House Appropriations,Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation,Education,Education Subcommittee on Universities,and Homeland Security,Military,and Veterans Affairs. [8]