George Reid
Sir George Houston Reid (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was the fourth Prime Minister of Australia. He was the first Leader of the Opposition and leader of Free Trade Party. He moved to London after he retired and was elected to the House of Commons.
Rt.Hon Sir George Reid | |
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4th Prime Minister of Australia | |
In office 18 August 1904 – 5 July 1905 | |
Preceded by | Chris Watson |
Succeeded by | Alfred Deakin |
Constituency | East Sydney (New South Wales) |
12th Premier of New South Wales | |
In office 3 August 1894 – 3 September 1899 | |
Preceded by | George Dibbs |
Succeeded by | Sir William Lyne |
Personal details | |
Born | Renfrewshire, Scotland | 25 February 1845
Died | 12 September 1918 | (aged 73)
Political party | Free Trade/Anti-Socialist |
Reid was elected to the Australian Paliament in 1901 for the Division of East Sydney. He retired in 1910.
Prime Ministers of Australia | |
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Barton | Deakin | Watson | Reid | Fisher | Cook | Hughes | Bruce | Scullin | Lyons | Page | Menzies | Fadden | Curtin | Forde | Chifley | Holt | McEwen | Gorton | McMahon | Whitlam | Fraser | Hawke | Keating | Howard | Rudd | Gillard | Abbott |
George Reid Media
Reid at the 1898 National Australasian Convention
Parliament House portrait of Reid by John Longstaff, 1916
Reid's grave at Putney Vale Cemetery in London, in 2015
Bust of George Reid by sculptor Wallace Anderson located in the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens