Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey (8 October 1908 â 28 October 2007) was a former New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Dunedin.
Born in 1908, he was brought up in Corstorphine House. He was the only child of Sir Thomas Sidey, a Dunedin Member of Parliament, cabinet minister and lawyer. Sidey was a lawyer, educated at Otago Boys' High School and the University of Otago. He was on the Otago University Council for 34 years. In World War II he was a Major in the New Zealand Army in the Pacific. He ran the Wickliffe Press in Dunedin and bred racehorses.
He married Beryl Thomas in 1933; they had one son (Dr. Tom Sidey, 1934âÂÂ2016) and one daughter.
Sidey was Mayor of Dunedin from 1959 to 1965 for the Citizens Association, and was a member of the Dunedin City Council from 1947 to 1983. He stood for Parliament three times; in the , he was defeated by Fred Jones in the electorate, in the , he was defeated by Gervan McMillan in the electorate and in the , he was defeated by Philip Connolly in the electorate.
In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sidey was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to the community, especially to local government.