George houstoun reid biography of martin
Sir George Houston Reid was a statesman and prime minister of Australia (–05) who as premier of New South Wales (–99) directed an....
Sir George Reid, GCB, GCMG, PC, KC, was the fourth Prime Minister of Australia and held the position for ten months and 17 days.
Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement/Reid, George Houstoun
REID, SirGEORGE HOUSTOUN 1845–1918), colonial politician, was born at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, 25 February 1845, the son of the Rev.
John Reid, a minister of the Church of Scotland. When seven years old he was taken to Australia, and spent his youth in the civil service of New South Wales. Finding this too restricted a field for his ambitions, and attracted to political life by his fervent belief in free trade, he secured in 1879 admission to the colonial bar, and in 1880 was elected to the legislative assembly for East Sydney, which constituency, with a break in 1884–1885, he continued to represent until 1901.
His skill in advocacy secured him ere long a large and lucrative practice, and in politics also success was not delayed. He was minister of public instruction from January 1883 to March 1884, and on the fall of Sir Henry Parkes [q.v.] in 1891, he stood out as leader of the opposition with su
