Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey

Who was Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey?

Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey CMG was the Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand from 1959 to 1965 for the Citizens party, and was on the Dunedin City Council from 1947 to 1983. He stood for Parliament three times; in the 1938 election, he was defeated by Gervan McMillan in the Dunedin West electorate.

He was a Dunedin 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.

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.

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. He married Beryl Thomas in 1933; they had one son and one daughter.