Don B. Reid Explained

Don B. Reid
Birth Name:Donald Bartlett Reid
Death Place:Ottawa
Office:48th Mayor of Ottawa
Office2:Ottawa Controller
Office4:Ottawa Alderman
Term Start:1965
Term End:1969
Term Start2:1961
Term End2:1964
Term Start3:1975
Term End3:1980
Term Start4:1955
Term End4:1960
Term Start5:1980
Term End5:1982
Predecessor:Charlotte Whitton
Successor:Kenneth Hubert Fogarty
Predecessor2:Ernie Jones, Sam Berger
Successor2:Kenneth Hubert Fogarty, Murray Heit
Predecessor3:Lorry Greenberg, Tom McDougall, Ernie Jones
Successor3:Board abolished
Predecessor4:Fred Journeaux
Successor4:Bob Simpson
Predecessor5:Marlene Catterall
Successor5:Jacquelin Holzman
Party:Liberal[1]
Constituency4:Wellington Ward
Constituency5:Richmond Ward
Spouse:Jean Beulah Armstrong (m. 1949)[2]

Donald Bartlett Reid (30 June 1926  - 11 August 2001) was a Canadian politician who served as the Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1965 to 1969.

Personal life

Reid died at the Ottawa Heart Institute aged 75, leaving behind his wife Jean Reid (née Armstrong) and five children.

Political career

Reid was first elected to office in the 1954 municipal election as the alderman for Ward 4. At the time, he was the general manager of Reid's Furniture and Appliances, attended Westboro United Church, was a member of the Kinsmen Club, was president of the Junior Board of Trade, and the Ottawa Radio, TV and Appliance Deals Association, and had previously been a director of the Central Canada Exhibition Association. He lived at 224 Bank Street.[3]

Reid won a spot on the Ottawa Board of Control in the 1960 municipal election. At the time, he was still operating his furniture store, and had also been a director of the Ottawa Winter Fair. He owned a farm in Osgoode, Ontario where he raised Shetland ponies and beef cattle. He lived with his family at 474 Picadilly Avenue near Island Park Drive.[4]

Reid was elected as mayor of Ottawa in the 1964 mayoral election, defeating Charlotte Whitton. As mayor, he helped start the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and announced the building of the Ottawa Civic Centre. Reid served as mayor for four years. He re-entered politics in 1975, returning to the Board of Control until 1980, when he was elected for one term as alderman for Richmond Ward. After retiring from politics, he continued to serve on the board of the Central Canada Exhibition until 1992. He turned his farm in Osgoode into a subdivision called Fairfield Estates.[5]

In terms of partisan politics, Reid was noted as being a member of the Confederation Club, a Conservative Party organization earlier in his life, but had switched to being a Liberal prior to 1964.[6]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Party Time: City Politics Become Partisan. December 1, 1976. Ottawa Citizen. February 10, 2024.
  2. News: Wedding Principals. October 3, 1949. 14. Ottawa Citizen. June 28, 2022.
  3. News: In The Running.... December 2, 1954. 25. Ottawa Citizen. June 28, 2022.
  4. News: Reid. December 3, 1960. 45. Ottawa Citizen. June 28, 2022.
  5. News: City mourns former mayor. August 12, 2001. 8. Ottawa Citizen. June 28, 2022.
  6. News: Arbitrary attitude kills industry-Ryan. November 26, 1964. 17. Ottawa Citizen. June 28, 2022.