Sydney Woods

Sydney Woods (September 13, 1853 – March 12, 1927) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1894 to 1895 as a Liberal.

He was born in St. John's and was educated at the General Protestant Academy there. He began work with his father's firm and later worked as a bookkeeper in several firms. In 1885, he established his own hardware business. His store was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1892 but he resumed business soon afterwards in a new premises. Woods was a prominent Methodist and served as president of the Methodist Academic Literary Institute. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in an 1894 by-election He resigned his seat in 1895 to allow his brother to run for reelection.