Stuart Sidey
Stuart Sidey CMG | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 50th Mayor of Dunedin | |
| In office 1959–1965 | |
| Preceded by | Len Wright |
| Succeeded by | Russell Calvert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey 8 October 1908 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 28 October 2007 (aged 99) Wānaka, New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
| Spouse |
Beryl Thomas
(m. 1933; died 1977) |
| Relatives | Thomas Sidey (father) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey
Biography
Early life and career
Born in 1908, he was brought up in Corstorphine House. He was the only child of Sir Thomas Sidey, a Dunedin Member of Parliament, cabinet minister and lawyer. Sidey was a lawyer, educated at Otago Boys' High School and the University of Otago. He was on the Otago University Council for 34 years. In World War II he was a Major in the New Zealand Army in the Pacific. He ran the Wickliffe Press in Dunedin and bred racehorses.[1]
He married Beryl Thomas in 1933; they had one son (Dr. Tom Sidey, 1934–2016[2]) and one daughter.[1]
Political career
Sidey was
In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sidey was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to the community, especially to local government.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Obituary". Otago Daily Times. 3 November 2007. p. 34.
- ^ Dr Tom Sidey obituary
- ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "No. 44602". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 8 June 1968. p. 6339.
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