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.

Don B. Reid
48th Mayor of Ottawa
In office
1965–1969
Preceded byCharlotte Whitton
Succeeded byKenneth Hubert Fogarty
Ottawa Controller
In office
1961–1964
Preceded byErnie Jones, Sam Berger
Succeeded byKenneth Hubert Fogarty, Murray Heit
In office
1975–1980
Preceded byLorry Greenberg, Tom McDougall, Ernie Jones
Succeeded byBoard abolished
Ottawa Alderman
In office
1955–1960
Preceded byFred Journeaux
Succeeded byBob Simpson
ConstituencyWellington Ward
In office
1980–1982
Preceded byMarlene Catterall
Succeeded byJacquelin Holzman
ConstituencyRichmond Ward
Personal details
Born
Donald Bartlett Reid

30 June 1926 (1926-06-30)
Ottawa
Died11 August 2001 (2001-08-12) (aged 75)
Ottawa
Political partyLiberal[1]
SpouseJean Beulah Armstrong (m. 1949)[2]

Personal life

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

Political career

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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

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