Margaret Reid (politician)

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Early years

Born Margaret Elizabeth McLachlanTemplate:Efn on 28 May 1935 in Crystal Brook, South Australia,<ref name="Smithbio" /> Reid was educated at Balaklava Primary School,<ref name="Canberra1983" /> Methodist Ladies' College and the University of Adelaide, where she was president of the debating society.<ref name="Smithbio" /><ref name="ParlBio2" /> The speeches of Prime Minister Robert Menzies stirred her interest in politics<ref name="Macdonald2001" /> and she joined the Liberal Party in 1954 and became president of the Adelaide University Liberal Club, the Australian Universities Liberal Federation, and the South Australia Young Liberals.<ref name="Smithbio" /> She graduated from the University of Adelaide with a law degree in 1959.<ref name="Macdonald2001" />

Legal career

Reid was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1960<ref name="Canberra1983" /> and worked in a family law practice in Adelaide.<ref name="Macdonald2001" /><ref name="Smithbio" />

In 1961, Reid ran as the Liberal candidate for the Division of Bonython, a Labor Party stronghold in South Australia. Her campaign improved upon the previous Liberal vote, though she later admitted she had "no possibility of winning".<ref name="Canberra1983" />Template:Efn

In 1965, Reid moved to Canberra to join the law firm of Davies Bailey and Carter, initially in the fields of workers' compensation and third-party litigation before returning to family law.<ref name="Canberra1983" /> She worked at the firm until 1981.<ref name="Canberra1981b" />

Political career

Party work and first term

Reid was active with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Liberal Party and held a number of senior positions,<ref name="Smithbio" /> including election to party president in 1976.<ref name="ParlBio2" /> While continuing to practise law, Reid worked for Liberal Party Senator John Knight,<ref name="Macdonald2001" /> the first senator for the ACT.<ref name="ParlKnight" />

When Knight died in office in March 1981, Reid stepped forward as one of ten candidates hoping to fill the casual vacancy.<ref name="ParlKnight" /><ref name="Macdonald2001" /> The ACT Liberal Party endorsed Reid to replace Knight<ref name="Canberra1983" /> over other candidates including experienced politicians John Haslem and Greg Cornwell.<ref name="Canberra1981"/>Template:Efn On 5 May 1981, Reid was appointed to the senate by a joint sitting of the Parliament of Australia.<ref name="Smithbio"/><ref name="ParlValedictory"/>Template:Efn

During her first term, Reid served as chair of the Joint Committee on the ACT, successfully petitioned the prime minister to establish a Cabinet sub-committee on the ACT, and was elected Deputy Whip in the senate.<ref name="Canberra1983" /> Reid has stated that she took this role because it was only active while Parliament was in session, and did not seek a ministry or position on a major standing committee as such would limit the time she could work with her electorate, which in turn could affect her chances at re-election.<ref name="Macdonald2001" /><ref name="Canberra1991" />

The Liberal–National Coalition government was defeated by Labor in the 1983 federal election.<ref name="Canberra1983" /> Reid failed to secure a quota Template:Efn<ref name="Macdonald2001" /><ref name="Canberra1991" /> and had to wait two weeks for the Electoral Office to confirm her victory.<ref name="Canberra1983" />

Opposition Whip

For thirteen years while the Liberals were in opposition, Reid continued to hold her senate seat through three elections.<ref name="Mackerras2010" /> She served as Opposition Deputy Whip and, from 1987 to 1995, Opposition Whip. She continued to serve on the Joint Standing Committee on the ACT, and also served on committees examining the Family Law Act and related issues; Senate estimates; transport, communications and infrastructure; legislation procedures; and the Australian Archives. Reid took part in major international government conferences including those of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and on Parliamentary delegations.<ref name="Smithbio" /><ref name="ParlBio"/>

Reid became Deputy President and Chair of Committees (Senate) in July 1995,<ref name="ParlBio2" /> after Noel Crichton-Browne was forced to resign from the position due to allegations of domestic violence. Crichton-Browne had been poised to take the Senate Presidency on a Liberal–National Coalition victory in the 1996 election; in his absence, Reid was seen as a replacement that party members could work with.<ref name="Crikey2002"/> On 20 August 1996 she became the first woman President of the Senate.<ref name="Macdonald2001" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Senate President

Reid served as President of the Senate for a six-year term from 1996 to 2002. In the role, she often chaired committees, represented the parliament at international conferences and led parliamentary delegations abroad.<ref name="SB6-2009" /> She was president of the CPA and worked to promote democracy in developing nations.<ref name="ParlBio2" /><ref name="Wallace2002" /> She worked on committees examining the broadcast of parliamentary sessions; parliamentary procedure; the parliamentary library; and appropriations and staffing.<ref name="ParlBio"/> During her term as Senate President, Reid was re-elected twice, including her most-difficult contest in 1998, when the federal Liberal Party had lost popularity in the ACT. She received a final vote of 34.1 per cent over a quota of 33.4 per cent. The Democrats considered an appeal to the Court of Disputed Returns due to last-day campaign irregularitiesTemplate:Efn but ultimately did not pursue this.Template:R

In 2002, Reid lost party support as the Senate President in a contest with Alan Ferguson and Liberal whip Paul Calvert,<ref name="Crikey2002"/> with Calvert ultimately chosen to succeed her.<ref name="Wallace2002" /> Reid retired from politics on 14 February 2003 after 22 years as a senator for the ACT.<ref name="ParlValedictory" /><ref name="Smithbio" />

Personal life

Shortly after moving to Canberra, Reid met Tom Reid at a Christmas party.<ref name="Macdonald2001" /> They married in 1967, and Reid adopted and helped raise his four children.<ref name="Macdonald2001" /> By 2001, they had seven grandchildren.<ref name="Macdonald2001" /> Tom Reid died in 2010.<ref name="ReidDeceased" />

Honours and awards

1977 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (Australia)<ref name="ParlBio3" />
1987 Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)<ref name="ParlBio3" />Template:Efn
1996 Honorary Life Membership of the Returned and Services League of Australia<ref name="CSU-Bio" />
2000 Centenary Medal<ref name="GovCent"/><ref name="CSU-Bio" />
2001 Victorian Honour Roll of Women<ref name="VHRW"/>
2004 Officer of the Order of Australia for her service to the Australian Parliament and the community.<ref name="ParlBio" />
2006 Honorary doctorate, Charles Sturt University<ref name="CSU-Bio" />
Liberal Party Distinguished Service Award<ref name="Smithbio" />

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