Squire Reid | |
Constituency Am: | Oakleigh |
Assembly: | Victorian Legislative |
Term Start: | 9 April 1927 |
Term End: | 22 April 1932 |
Predecessor: | District created |
Successor: | James Vinton Smith |
Term Start2: | 2 October 1937 |
Term End2: | 9 October 1947 |
Predecessor2: | James Vinton Smith |
Successor2: | John Lechte |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1887 |
Birth Place: | Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Death Place: | Carnegie, Victoria, Australia |
Birthname: | Squire Horace Reid |
Party: | Labor Party |
Occupation: | Cigar manufacturer |
Squire Horace Reid (11 September 1887 – 29 July 1949) was an Australian politician.
Reid was born in Port Melbourne, Victoria to Captain John Robert Reid, a military officer from Greenock, Scotland, and Hannah Lory. He was educated in Annandale, New South Wales and Albert Park. In 1902, he was employed by the States Cigar Factory where he worked for 25 years until his election to parliament.[1]
He held the seat of Oakleigh in the Victorian Legislative Assembly on two occasions, from 1927 to 1932, when he was defeated by James Vinton Smith, then after regaining the seat, from 1937 until 1947.[2]
After his defeat by John Lechte in 1947, Reid worked as a cigar manufacturer, and was involved in sport administration, serving as president of the Victorian Football Association from 1947 until his death.
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