The same Gordon Dickson?

NewstalkZB reports:

Ōhope man Gordon Dickson knew perfectly well what he was doing when he slipped a red suitcase through the automatic doors of the Whakatāne District Council building, sparking a bomb scare, a judge has ruled.

In a reserved decision reached following a defended hearing conducted over two days in November and December, Judge Paul Geoghegan said he was satisfied Dickson intended to waste police time and resources and found him guilty.

He will appear for sentence in the Whakatāne District Court on April 15.

A Gordon Dickson was the Labour Party candidate for Selwyn in 2014. I wonder if it is just a common name, or the same person?