Gordon James Reid (born 16 August 1992) is an Australian physician and politician who has been the

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MP for

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since the

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, when he defeated

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incumbent Lucy Wicks. Reid is a

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man who was born on Darkinjung country and grew up on the Central Coast. He attended

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Public School and

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, before studying medicine at the University of Newcastle, completing his B.Med. in 2016. Reid previously worked as an

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doctor. He said that he decided to run for Parliament while working in the Emergency Department at

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Hospital during the

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, seeing people waiting for treatment. After his election in 2022, Reid is one of six

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people in the Labor Caucus. He speaks

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and plays the saxophone.

References

Living people Wiradjuri people University of Newcastle (Australia) alumni Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia People from the Central Coast (New South Wales) Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Robertson 21st-century Australian politicians 1992 births 21st-century Australian medical doctors {{Australia-politician-stub