George Reid (Victorian politician)

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

Sir George Reid
Attorney-General of Victoria
In office
9 May 1967 – 30 May 1973
MonarchElizabeth II
PremierHenry Bolte (1967–72)
Rupert Hamer (1972–73)
Preceded byArthur Rylah
Succeeded byVernon Wilcox
Minister of Immigration
In office
9 May 1967 – 15 December 1970
PremierHenry Bolte
Preceded byVernon Wilcox
Succeeded byPat Dickie
Minister of Labour and Industry
In office
14 February 1956 – 1 December 1965
PremierHenry Bolte
Preceded byJohn Bloomfield
Succeeded byVernon Wilcox
Member for Box Hill
In office
28 May 1955 – 18 May 1973
Preceded byBob Gray
Succeeded byMorris Williams
Member for Box Hill
In office
8 November 1947 – 5 December 1952
Preceded byBob Gray
Succeeded byBob Gray
Personal details
Born(1903-07-22)22 July 1903
Hawthorn, Victoria
Died18 February 1993(1993-02-18) (aged 89)
Macleod, Victoria
Political partyLiberal Country Party
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne (LLB)
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceRoyal Australian Air Force
Years of service1940–1946
RankWing Commander
Battles/warsSecond World War

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

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  1. ^ "Reid, Sir George Oswald (1903–1993)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  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.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Box Hill
1947–1952
Succeeded by
Bob Gray
Member for Box Hill
1955–1973
Succeeded by