Robert Caldwell Reid | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hokitika | |
In office 5 September 1879 – 8 November 1881 | |
Preceded by | Edmund Barff Seymour Thorne George |
Succeeded by | Gerard George Fitzgerald |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 February 1839 Wick, Caithness, Scotland |
Died | 18 March 1897 Westport, New Zealand | (aged 58)
Resting place | Middle Orowaiti Cemetery |
Occupation | Newspaper proprietor |
Robert Caldwell Reid (4 February 1839 – 18 March 1897) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the West Coast, New Zealand. Born in Scotland and attracted by the gold rushes in Victoria and the West Coast, he was later the proprietor of a series of newspapers.