Daniel Stewart Reid (30 October 1867 – 6 May 1952) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Early life

Reid was born in

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in 1867, some distance south of

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. His parent had arrived in New Zealand from

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shire in Scotland in circa 1865. His parents were Margaret and Walter Reid, but his father's obituary published in the ''

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'' in July 1925 erroneously talks of Andrew Reid. The family lived in Drury, and then in

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in the

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. From approximately age eight, Reid lived at Tuhikaramea near present-day

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in the

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. He married Margaret Donnet Hodgson on 8 April 1897.

Political career

Reid was involved in local affairs and served as chairman of the Waipa County Council, as a member of the Tuhikaramea Road Board and school committees, and as a member of the No. 2 District Highways Board and the Central Electric Power board. When the Rural Counties' Association formed in 1925, Reid was elected onto the provisional executive. Reid was chosen as the official candidate for the Reform Party in early September 1925 for the electorate. In the , Reid successfully challenged the incumbent, Frederick Lye of the

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. At the next election in , Lye in turn defeated him. He then defeated Lee Martin of the Labour Party for the Raglan electorate in

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, but lost Raglan to Martin with the landslide to Labour in

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Later life and death

In 1935, he was awarded the

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. Reid died on 6 May 1952 and was buried at

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Cemetery. His wife died in July 1959 and was buried in the same grave.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Daniel Stewart 1867 births 1952 deaths Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1928 New Zealand general election