He was born St. Eleanor's, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, the son of James Reid, an Irish immigrant, and Charlotte Dawson. Reid was educated at St. Eleanor's and Summerside. He first worked as a bookkeeper for his brothers. Reid then formed the Tryon Woolen Manufacturing Company with one of his brothers. He also managed the Tryon Dairying Company. In 1881, he married Vina Lea. Reid was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1899 by-election held after John Howatt Bell was elected to the House of Commons. He served as speaker for the assembly from 1901 to 1904. Reid served in the province's Executive Council as provincial secretary, provincial treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture.
samuel, reid, other, people, named, samuel, reid, samuel, reid, disambiguation, samuel, edward, reid, november, 1854, march, 1924, farmer, manufacturer, political, figure, prince, edward, island, canada, represented, prince, legislative, assembly, prince, edwa. For other people named Sam or Samuel Reid see Samuel Reid disambiguation Samuel Edward Reid November 14 1854 March 8 1924 1 was a farmer manufacturer and political figure in Prince Edward Island Canada He represented 4th Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1899 to 1908 as a Liberal member He was born St Eleanor s Prince County Prince Edward Island the son of James Reid an Irish immigrant and Charlotte Dawson Reid was educated at St Eleanor s and Summerside He first worked as a bookkeeper for his brothers Reid then formed the Tryon Woolen Manufacturing Company with one of his brothers He also managed the Tryon Dairying Company In 1881 he married Vina Lea Reid was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1899 by election held after John Howatt Bell was elected to the House of Commons He served as speaker for the assembly from 1901 to 1904 Reid served in the province s Executive Council as provincial secretary provincial treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture Reid died in Boston at the age of 79 1 References editMacKinnon DA amp Warburton AB Past and Present of Prince Edward Island 1906 pp 547 8 a b Weeks Blair 2002 Minding the House A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs Acorn Press ISBN 1 894838 01 7 nbsp This article about a Prince Edward Island politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel E Reid amp oldid 1134829404, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
