predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_date portfolio party office birth_date term_start appointer spouse article_title term_end name
william garland mcquarrie william malcolm mott canadian cambuslang , scotland new westminster 12 october 1968 parliamentary -rrb- parliamentary assistant to the minister of national revenue -lrb- assistant 1948-1949 -rrb- parliamentary assistant to the minister of national health to and welfare -lrb- 1949 -rrb- the minister of fisheries -lrb- 1948 liberal senator from british columbia 18 april 1886 1930 1949 louis st. laurent mary jeanie masson thomas reid -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-
 1949 1967 thomas reid
thomas reid -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-

thomas reid -lrb- april 18 , 1886 -- october 12 , 1968 -rrb- was a canadian businessman and politician in the province of british columbia .
reid was born in cambuslang , scotland .
in 1909 , he moved to canada and in 1911 married mary jeanie masson , also from scotland .
together they raised a family of two sons and two daughters .
the reids moved to surrey in 1918 where thomas reid managed the pacific car and foundry company .
in 1922 reid was elected to office as a councillor for surrey and served two years in this capacity .
from 1924 to 1930 he was elected annually to the position of reeve .
during this time he was twice appointed head of the union of british columbia municipalities .
in 1930 , reid entered federal politics and was elected liberal member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for the new westminster riding .
he represented this riding for nineteen years .
reid was a founding member of the international pacific coast sockeye salmon commission and served as chairman from 1937 to 1967 .
he became parliamentary assistant to the ministers of fisheries and of national revenue in 1948 and in 1949 assisted the minister of national health and welfare .
in 1948 he was summoned to the senate .
