George Reid (Victorian politician)

Sir George Reid
Sir George Reid
Attorney-General of Victoria
	In office; 9 May 1967 – 30 May 1973
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Henry Bolte (1967–72); Rupert Hamer (1972–73)
Preceded by	Arthur Rylah
Succeeded by	Vernon Wilcox
Minister of Immigration
	In office; 9 May 1967 – 15 December 1970
Premier	Henry Bolte
Preceded by	Vernon Wilcox
Succeeded by	Pat Dickie
Minister of Labour and Industry
	In office; 14 February 1956 – 1 December 1965
Premier	Henry Bolte
Preceded by	John Bloomfield
Succeeded by	Vernon Wilcox
Member for Box Hill
	In office; 28 May 1955 – 18 May 1973
Preceded by	Bob Gray
Succeeded by	Morris Williams
Member for Box Hill
	In office; 8 November 1947 – 5 December 1952
Preceded by	Bob Gray
Succeeded by	Bob Gray
Personal details
Born	22 July 1903; Hawthorn, Victoria
Died	18 February 1993 (aged 89); Macleod, Victoria
Political party	Liberal Country Party
Alma mater	University of Melbourne (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Royal Australian Air Force
Years of service	1940–1946
Rank	Wing Commander
Battles/wars	Second World War

Sir George Oswald Reid, QC (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]

References

^ "Reid, Sir George Oswald (1903–1993)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Reid, Sir George Oswald". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Bob Gray	Member for Box Hill 1947–1952	Succeeded by Bob Gray
Preceded by Bob Gray	Member for Box Hill 1955–1973	Succeeded by Morris Williams

[1] "Reid, Sir George Oswald (1903–1993)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

[vic-2] Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Reid, Sir George Oswald". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

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