Margaret Reid (politician)
Margaret Reid | |
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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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margaret Elizabeth McLachlan 28 May 1935 Crystal Brook, South Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
| Profession | Barrister |
Margaret Elizabeth Reid AO (née McLachlan; born 28 May 1935) is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 1981 to 2003, representing the Liberal Party. She is the first woman to have served as President of the Senate, holding that office from 1996 to 2002.[1]
Early years
[edit]Reid was born Margaret MacLachlan at Crystal Brook.[2]
Political career
[edit]On 5 May 1981, Reid was elected by a joint sitting of the Australian Parliament to fill a casual vacancy for the Australian Capital Territory in the Senate.[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, holding that position until 2002. Reid resigned from the Senate on 14 February 2003, and was replaced by the former ACT Chief Minister, Gary Humphries.
Personal life
[edit]Reid married in 1966 widower Tom Reid, director of Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station. She adopted his four 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
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Senate Brief No 6". The President of the Senate. Commonwealth of Australia. October 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Portrait of Margaret Reid photographed by Heide Smith". Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Rules for Joint Sittings" (PDF). 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.
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- 1935 births
- Living people
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian Senate
- Members of the Australian Senate for the Australian Capital Territory
- Presidents of the Australian Senate
- Adelaide Law School alumni
- Women members of the Australian Senate
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- 20th-century Australian politicians
- 20th-century Australian women politicians