Len Reid
Len Reid | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Holt | |
In office 25 October 1969 – 2 December 1972 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Max Oldmeadow |
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Dandenong | |
In office 31 May 1958 – September 1969 | |
Preceded by | Ray Wiltshire |
Succeeded by | Alan Lind |
Personal details | |
Born | Second World War
| 21 September 1916
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross |
Leonard Stanley Reid,
Reid served as a fighter pilot in both the
Whilst a member of the lower house he crossed the floor and voted with the Labor Party or abstained from voting.[3]
Reid was avidly connected with people who were marginalised in society and actively concentrated on the poor in India and Bangladesh. His publications included Crusade against Death.[4] He was one of the founders of the charity "For Those Who Have Less", now part of "Action Aid Australia".[5]
In 1946, Reid married Joan Averill Swallow, daughter of Leonard Swallow and Dorothy Comyn,[3] the niece of Hugh Comyn and William Leslie Comyn. Reid and his wife had two children, Virginia and Roger.[3]
References
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette 4 December 1942
- ^ "Leonard Stanley Reid". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d Casey Weekly Cranbourne loses mover and shaker Archived 5 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Library of Australia
- ^ Action Aid Australia Archived 29 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine