Michael Anthony Reed (2 June 1945 – 24 November 2020) was an Australian politician.

Career

He was the

Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...

member for

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in the

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from 1987 to 2003. He was Deputy Chief Minister in the governments of

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and Denis Burke; following the CLP's election loss in 2001, he resigned in 2003. Reed was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the

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for "service to the Northern Territory Parliament and to the community of Katherine". Reed died aged 75 on 24 November 2020.

References

1945 births 2020 deaths Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Deputy Chief Ministers of the Northern Territory Treasurers of the Northern Territory 21st-century Australian politicians Members of the Order of Australia {{Australia-politician-stub