George Reid (Victorian politician) explained

Sir George Reid
Term Start:9 May 1967
Term End:30 May 1973
Premier:Henry Bolte (1967–72)
Rupert Hamer (1972–73)
Term Start1:9 May 1967
Term End1:15 December 1970
Term Start2:14 February 1956
Term End2:1 December 1965
Term Start3:28 May 1955
Term End3:18 May 1973
Office4:Member for Box Hill
Term Start4:8 November 1947
Term End4:5 December 1952
Predecessor4:Bob Gray
Successor4:Bob Gray
Birth Date:22 July 1903
Alma Mater:University of Melbourne (LLB)
Allegiance:Australia
Serviceyears:1940–1946
Battles:Second World War

Sir George Oswald Reid, (22 July 1903 – 18 February 1993) was an Australian politician.

Reid was born in Hawthorn, Victoria, to railway officer George Watson Reid and Lillias Margaret Easton. He attended Camberwell Grammar School and Scotch College, Melbourne,[1] and studied law at the University of Melbourne and in 1926 was admitted as a barrister and solicitor, practising at the bar until 1927 and as a solicitor thereafter. In 1947 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Box Hill. He was party whip from 1950 to 1952, when he was defeated. Returned in 1955, he became cabinet secretary and minister without portfolio. In 1956 he became Minister of Labour and Industry, moving to Fuel and Power in 1965, and to Immigration (until 1970) and Attorney-General in 1967. He was leader of the Assembly from 1971 to 1972. Reid retired in 1973, having taken silk in 1971 and been knighted in 1972. He died in 1993.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/reid-sir-george-oswald-18537 . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Reid, Sir George Oswald (1903–1993) . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University .
  2. Web site: Parliament of Victoria. Parliament of Victoria. Reid, Sir George Oswald. re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. 2001. 15 November 2015.