Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey (8 October 1908 – 28 October 2007) was a former New Zealand politician who served as

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Biography

Early life and career

Born in 1908, he was brought up in Corstorphine House. He was the only child of Sir

Thomas Sidey Sir Thomas Kay Sidey (27 May 1863 – 20 May 1933) was a New Zealand politician from the Otago region, remembered for his successful advocacy of daylight saving time. Early life Sidey was born on 27 May 1863, to John and Johan Murray Sidey, in ...

, a Dunedin Member of Parliament, cabinet minister and lawyer. Sidey was a lawyer, educated at

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and the

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. He was on the Otago University Council for 34 years. In

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he was a Major in the

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in the Pacific. He ran the Wickliffe Press in Dunedin and bred racehorses. He married Beryl Thomas in 1933; they had one son (Dr. Tom Sidey, 1934–2016) and one daughter.

Political career

Sidey was

from 1959 to 1965 for the Citizens Association, and was a member of the

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from 1947 to 1983. He stood for Parliament three times; in the , he was defeated by Fred Jones in the electorate, in the , he was defeated by Gervan McMillan in the electorate and in the , he was defeated by Philip Connolly in the electorate. In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sidey was appointed a

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, for services to the community, especially to local government.

References

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