John Kidd (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Kidd (politician)
- John Kidd (1 September 1838 – 8 April 1919) was an Australian politician. Born in Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland, to boot manufacturer John Kidd and Elizabeth Souter, received a limited education and was apprenticed at the age of thirteen as a baker and confectioner.
- In 1857 he arrived in New South Wales and became a baker in Sydney; by 1876 his bakery was a general store.
- In November 1860 he married Sophie Collier at Aberdeen, with whom he had three children.
- He visited the United Kingdom in 1877 and had a cattle property near Campbelltown. In 1880 Kidd was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Camden; he served until 1882 and then again from 1885 to 1887, 1889 to 1895, and 1898 to 1904.
- Kidd was Postmaster-General in the Dibbs ministry (1891–1894).
- Kidd was Secretary for Mines and Minister for Agriculture from 1901 to 1904, and during his various terms was associated with the Protectionist and Progressive parties.
- He had been a supporter of Federation from 1891.
- Kidd died at Campbelltown in 1919.
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