Nicholas Bruce Reid (30 July 1935 – 24 May 2020) was an Australian politician. Born in

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...

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, he served in the military in 1958 and then became a retailer. In 1976, he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

Bendigo Province Bendigo Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council . It was created in the redistribution of provinces in June 1904, North Central Province being abolished. Bendigo Province itself was abolished in 1988. Members These w ...

. He remained in the Legislative Council until 1988. In 1990, he was elected to the

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as the Liberal member for the federal seat of

, defeating

John Brumby John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953) is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier ...

. After the Liberals lost the 1993 federal election he contested the Liberal leadership with

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and

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, but received only one vote. He held the seat of Bendigo until his retirement in 1998.

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1935 births 2020 deaths Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Bendigo Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia People from Bendigo 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub