In 1979 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council to represent Ballarat Province; he was the Opposition spokesman for industrial relations from 1982.
Murray Lewis Byrne (29 August 1928 – 7 November 2012) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat Province from 21 June 1958 to 28 April 1976.
Dickie entered government in following a by-election for the Legislative Council seat of Ballarat Province in March 1956, where he ran as a candidate for the Liberal Party, a seat which he continued to hold until his resignation from parliament in August 1978.
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