John Dowsley Reid, PC

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 (1 January 1859 – 26 August 1929) was a Canadian businessman, physician

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, and parliamentarian

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. A Conservative

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, he was a long-standing Member of Parliament

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the Ontario

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 Electoral district

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 of Grenville South

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 (named simply Grenville

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 after 1903). He was first elected in the Canadian federal election of 1891

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 and was re-elected seven more times.

During his years in the house of commons, he served as a cabinet minister in a variety of posts in the Cabinet of Canada

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, including:

• Minister of Customs (10 October 1911 – 11 October 1917)
• Minister of Railways and Canals
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   (12 October 1917 – 20 September 1921)
• Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue
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   (Acting) 2 September 1919 – 30 December 1919)
• Minister of Public Works
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   (Acting) (6 August 1919 – 2 September 1919) and (31 December 1919 – 12 July 1920)

On 22 September 1921, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate

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 on the recommendation of Arthur Meighen

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. He represented the senatorial division of Grenville, Ontario until his death.