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Sir Thomas Kay Sidey (
27 May 1863 -
20 May 1933) was a
New Zealand politician, remembered for his advocacy of
daylight saving. He put forward a private member's bill for putting clocks forward an hour in summer every year from 1909. It was nearly passed in 1915. It was passed in the
House of Representatives but rejected by the
Legislative Council in 1926, and it was finally approved in 1927.
He was elected to the
House of Representatives in the
Caversham by-election as an
independent liberal in 1901. He joined the
Liberal Party as part of its left (radical) wing, and stayed with the party until the end.
He represented the
Caversham electorate from 1901 to 1908, and then the
Dunedin South electorate from 1908 to 1928, when he retired. He was then appointed to the
Legislative Council from
1928 until
1933.
He was
Attorney-General 1928-31 and
Minister of Justice 1930-31 in the
United government.
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