Samuel Edward Reid was a farmer, manufacturer and political figure in Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

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, Canada. He represented 4th Prince

4th Prince

4th Prince was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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 from 1899 to 1908 as a Liberal

Prince Edward Island Liberal Party

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 member.

He was born St. Eleanor's, Prince County, Prince Edward Island

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, the son of James Reid, an Irish

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 immigrant, and Charlotte Dawson. Reid was educated at St. Eleanor's and Summerside

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

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. He first worked as a bookkeeper for his brothers. Reid then formed the Tryon Woolen Manufacturing Company with one of his brothers. He also managed the Tryon Dairying Company. In 1881, he married Vina Lea. Reid was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1899 by-election held after John Howatt Bell

John Howatt Bell

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 was elected to the House of Commons. He served as speaker for the assembly from 1901 to 1904. Reid served in the province's Executive Council as provincial secretary, provincial treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture.

Reid died in Boston

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at the age of 79.