Margaret Reid (politician)
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President of the Australian Senate | |
In office 20 August 1996 – 18 August 2002 | |
Preceded by | Michael Beahan |
Succeeded by | Paul Calvert |
Senator for Australian Capital Territory | |
In office 5 May 1981 – 14 February 2003 | |
Preceded by | John Knight |
Succeeded by | Gary Humphries |
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Born | Margaret Elizabeth McLachlan 28 May 1935 Crystal Brook, South Australia |
Political party | Liberal |
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Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
Profession | Barrister |
Margaret Elizabeth Reid
Early years
Born Margaret McLachlan
Political career
On 5 May 1981, Reid was elected by a joint sitting of the Australian Parliament to fill a
Reid became Liberal Whip in the Senate in 1987 and held the office until 1995. In 1996, she was elected President of the Senate, retiring from the position in 2002 after six years. Reid resigned from the Senate on 14 February 2003, and was replaced by the former ACT Chief Minister, Gary Humphries.
Honours and awards
In 2004 Reid was appointed
Personal life
Reid married in 1966 Tom Reid MBE, a widower with four children, who was Director of Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station during its involvement in the Apollo program. She adopted his children; they had no further children.[4]
Reid is an active patron of over 80 community organisations in Canberra. She is the patron of the Australian Women's History Forum with Mary Sexton.[5]
External links
References
- Commonwealth of Australia. October 2009. Archived from the originalon 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Portrait of Margaret Reid photographed by Heide Smith". Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 October 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ Emma Macdonald, "Rising above the genteel rumble of the pink palace", Canberra Sunday Times, 7 January 2001, Sunday Focus, p. 18
- ^ About Archived 22 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Australian Women's History Forum, Retrieved 18 August 2011.