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Biography: Sidey, Thomas Kay

Thomas Kay Sidey

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Thomas Kay Sidey

In 1927 politician Thomas Kay Sidey secured the enactment of the Summer Time Act, a daylight saving measure that he and his Dunedin constituents had long supported.

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Erik Olssen. 'Sidey, Thomas Kay', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1857/thomas-kay-sidey (accessed 4 June 2026).