William Samuel Reed

William Samuel Reed was a Progressive party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Harrowsmith Village, Canada West and became a farmer.
Reed served as a municipal councillor of Harrowsmith and from 1915 to 1920 was reeve of Portsmouth [Township, Ontario|Portsmouth Township].
He was elected to Parliament at the Frontenac riding in the 1921 [Canadian federal election|1921 general election] when he defeated John [Wesley Edwards] of the Conservatives. After serving his only federal term, the 14th Canadian Parliament, riding boundaries were changed and Reed was defeated by Wesley in the new riding of Frontenac—Addington.