Duncan John Reay Watson (4 November 1867 – 30 October 1948) was a solicitor and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
He commenced work as an apprentice builder with his father and then became a teacher at Maryborough Central State School.
[1] He was admitted to the Queensland Bar as a solicitor in 1895 and operated his own successful legal practice until his retirement in 1938.
[3] After the death of serving member, Francis Kates, in 1903,[1] Watson won the resulting by-election for the seat of Cunningham in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
[4] He held the seat for less than a year, being beaten at the 1904 state election by the Ministerial candidate, Francis Grayson.