Sydney Woods (September 13, 1853 – March 12, 1927) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1894 to 1895 as a Liberal.[1]
Sydney Woods | |
|---|---|
 Woods in 1894 | |
| Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Bay de Verde | |
| In office May 22, 1894 – April 27, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | George Moores Henry J. B. Woods |
| Succeeded by | Henry J. B. Woods |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 13, 1853 |
| Died | March 12, 1927 (aged 73) St. John's, Newfoundland |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Emma Burns |
| Relatives | Henry J. B. Woods (brother) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
He was born in St. John's and was educated at the General Protestant Academy there. He began work with his father's firm and later worked as a bookkeeper in several firms. In 1885, he established his own hardware business. His store was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1892 but he resumed business soon afterwards in a new premises. Woods was a prominent Methodist and served as president of the Methodist Academic Literary Institute. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in an 1894 by-election[2] held after his brother Henry J. B. Woods was unseated.[3] He resigned his seat in 1895 to allow his brother to run for reelection.[1]
Woods married Emma Burns, who was originally from Nova Scotia.[2]
References
edit- 1 2 "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 698–700.
- 1 2 Mott, Henry Youmans (1894). Newfoundland men : a collection of biographical sketches, with portraits ... p. 79.
- ↑ "The Liberal Candidates and Their Meeting at Adam's Cove". Evening Telegraph. May 23, 1894.
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