10 Facts About Doug Kidd

Sir Douglas Lorimer Kidd was born on 12 September 1941 and is a former New Zealand politician.

Doug Kidd was an MP from 1978 to 2002, representing the National Party.

Doug Kidd served for three years as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Doug Kidd later obtained a LLB from Victoria University of Wellington, and worked as a lawyer.

Doug Kidd had business interests in aquaculture, forestry, and wine making.

Doug Kidd held his Marlborough electorate until the 1996 election, when the electorate was abolished and most of its area incorporated into the new and larger Kaikoura electorate.

Doug Kidd was succeeded in Kaikoura by Lynda Scott and retired from Parliament at the 2002 election.

In 1983 Doug Kidd's anti-abortion Status of the Unborn Child Bill was drawn from the lot.

Doug Kidd replaced Peter Tapsell, a Labour Party MP who had held the speakership because National, which had won the election by a single seat, did not want to lose a vote by appointing a Speaker from its own ranks.

Doug Kidd lost the speakership when the National Party lost the 1999 election, being replaced by Jonathan Hunt of the Labour Party.