Sir George Oswald Reid (22 July 1903 – 18 February 1993) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to railway officer George Watson Reid and Lillias Margaret Easton. He attended

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and Scotch College, and studied law at

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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

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as the

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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

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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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, George 1903 births 1993 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Attorneys-General of Victoria Australian King's Counsel Australian Knights Bachelor Politicians awarded knighthoods 20th-century Australian politicians People from Hawthorn, Victoria People educated at Camberwell Grammar School People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne Melbourne Law School alumni