Biography of george reid

Prime Minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905

For other people named George Reid, see George Reid (disambiguation).

Sir George Houston Reid (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was a Scottish-born Australian and British politician, diplomat and barrister who served as the fourth prime minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905.

He held office as the leader of the Free Trade Party, previously serving as the 12th premier of New South Wales from 1894 to 1899,^[1] and later as the high commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1916.

Reid was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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He and his family immigrated to Australia when he was young. They initially settled in Melbourne, but moved to Sydney when Reid was 13, at which point he left school and began working as a clerk. He later joined the New South Wales civil service, and rose through the ranks to become secretary of the Attorney-General's Department.

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