Education
University of Otago.
University of Otago.
He stood for Parliament three times. In the 1938 election, he was defeated by Gervan McMillan in the Dunedin West electorate. Sidey was a Dunedin lawyer, educated at Otago Boys" High School and the University of Otago.
He was on the Otago University Council for 34 years.
In World World War II he was a Major in the New Zealand Army in the Pacific. He ran the Wickliffe Press in Dunedin and bred racehorses.
He was brought up in Corstorphine House.
He was the only child of Sir Thomas Sidey, a Dunedin Member of Parliament, cabinet minister and lawyer