Stewart Reid

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

Early life Reid was born in Drury in 1867, some distance south of Auckland. His parents were Margaret and Walter Reid, but his father's obituary published in the Auckland Star in July 1925 erroneously talks of Andrew Reid.

From approximately age eight, 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.

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 Liberal Party. At the next election in , Lye in turn defeated him. He then defeated Lee Martin of the Labour Party for the Raglan electorate in 1931, but lost Raglan to Martin with the landslide to Labour in 1935.

Later life and death In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. Reid died on 6 May 1952 and was buried at Paterangi Cemetery. His wife died in July 1959 and was buried in the same grave.