John Dowsley Reid
John Dowsley Reid, was a Canadian businessman, physician, and parliamentarian. A Conservative, he was a long-standing Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario Electoral district of Grenville South. He was first elected in the Canadian federal election of 1891 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, including:
On 22 September 1921, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Arthur Meighen. He represented the senatorial division of Grenville, Ontario until his death.
