Donald Reid (16 July 1833 – 7 February 1919) was a Scottish-born 19th-century farmer, landowner, and businessman in Otago, New Zealand.
Before he turned 20 he had purchased a block at Caversham and soon began taking on contract cartage work for the goldfields and grazing cattle on more leased land on the Taieri.
He made his first purchase there, in North Taieri, aged 23 and that formed the base from which he was to develop and expand his Salisbury estate where he lived for 56 years.
[4] Never an enthusiastic politician, he was not at ease with the compromises required for political leadership, Reid then left public life — aside from a period on the Otago Harbour Board.
His new enterprise grew rapidly into one of the Province's principal agricultural supply and commerce firms which he transferred to a private joint stock company in 1900.
[1] Donald Reid's house, Salisbury, (now 141 Wairongoa Road, North Taieri, Dunedin) near Mosgiel was built as a small residence in 1863 then enlarged in 1873 to the design of Victorian architect Robert Arthur Lawson.