Don B. Reid

Donald Bartlett Reid
Mayor of Ottawa
In office 1965–1969
Preceded by	Charlotte Whitton
Succeeded by	Kenneth Hubert Fogarty
Ottawa Controller
In office 1961–1964
Preceded by	Ernie Jones, Sam Berger
Succeeded by	Kenneth Hubert Fogarty, Murray Heit
In office 1975–1980
Preceded by	Lorry Greenberg, Tom McDougall, Ernie Jones
Succeeded by	Board abolished
Ottawa Alderman
In office 1955–1960
Preceded by	Fred Journeaux
Succeeded by	Bob Simpson
Constituency	Wellington Ward
In office 1980–1982
Preceded by	Marlene Catterall
Succeeded by	Jacquelin Holzman
Constituency	Richmond Ward
Personal details
Born	30 June 1926 (1926-06-30) Ottawa
Died	11 August 2001 (2001-08-12) (aged 75) Ottawa
Spouse	Jean Beulah Armstrong (m. 1949)

Donald Bartlett "Don" Reid (30 June 1926 – 11 August 2001) was Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1965 to 1969.

Reid was first elected to office in the 1954 municipal election as the alderman for Ward 4. At the time he was the general manager of Reid's Furniture and Appliances, attended Westboro United Church, was a member of the Kinsmen Club, was president of the Junior Board of Trade, and the Ottawa Radio, TV and Appliance Deals Association, and had previously been a director of the Central Canada Exhibition Association. He lived at 224 Bank Street.

Reid won a spot on Ottawa's Board of Control in the 1960 municipal election. At the time he was still operating his furniture store, and had also been a director of the Ottawa Winter Fair. He owned a farm in Osgoode, Ontario where he raised Shetland ponies and beef cattle. He lived with his family at 474 Picadilly Avenue near Island Park Drive.

Reid was elected as mayor of Ottawa in the 1964 mayoral election, defeating Charlotte Whitton. As mayor, he helped get the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario started, announced the building of the Ottawa Civic Centre. Reid served as mayor for four years. He re-entered politics in 1975, returning to the Board of Control until 1980, when he was elected for one term as alderman for Richmond Ward. After retiring from politics, he continued to serve on the board of the Central Canada Exhibition until 1992. He then turned his farm in Osgoode into a subdivision called Fairfield Estates.

In terms of partisan politics, Reid was noted as being a member of the Confederation Club, a Conservative Party organization earlier in his life, but had switched to being a Liberal before 1964.

Reid died at the Ottawa Heart Institute aged 75, leaving behind his wife Jean (née Armstrong) and five children.

References

• "Birth and Death Notices". The Globe and Mail. 14 August 2001. p. S5.