Daniel Reese

Who was Daniel Reese?

Daniel Reese was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Christchurch, New Zealand.

Reese was born in Motherwell, Scotland. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1861 on the New Zealandia, and founded a Christchurch building firm in 1864. He was a champion rower, and his son Dan Reese was a champion Canterbury cricketer. Two other sons, Tom and Jack, were also prominent cricketers in Canterbury.

Reese had several high profile commissions. He built Trinity Congregational Church, Cranmer Court, St Paul's Church, parts of Lincoln College, the Chief Post Office, the United Service Hotel in Cathedral Square, parts of Sunnyside Hospital, the first Christchurch Girls' High School