David Buick (29 April 1848 – 18 November 1918) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

[3] In 1881, Buick junior bought land in the Manawatū's Kairanga Block.

[1] Living at a time when many New Zealanders were immigrants, Buick was proud of his birth in the colony and referred to it on occasions.

The Road Board ran into financial difficulties over a court case concerning stormwater run off, and ratepayers thus petitioned for the establishment of the Manawatu Land Drainage Board (MLDB), which was established in 1894.

[1] He first stood for Parliament in the 1896 election against the incumbent Frederick Pirani in the Palmerston electorate (since 1938 called the Palmerston North electorate) and came within 50 votes of unseating him (1553 versus 1603 votes for Buick and Pirani, respectively).

[1] Pirani, who represented the Liberal Government, fell out with Premier Richard Seddon.

[1] William Wood had won the 1902 and 1905 elections, and Buick representing the opposition stood against the incumbent Liberal.

[1] In 1909, the opposition started calling itself the Reform Party, and Buick contested the 1911 election under that banner.

After Buick's death, the Prime Minister, William Massey, adjourned the House of Representatives as 18 other members were also ill.[15] Buick was buried in Palmerston North[12] at the Terrace End Cemetery,[16] survived by his six children.