Matthew Reid (politician)

Matthew Reid
Senator for Queensland
In office 1 July 1917 – 30 June 1935
Personal details
Born	30 September 1856(1856-09-30) Ayrshire, Scotland
Died	28 August 1947(1947-08-28) (aged 91)
Nationality	Scottish Australian
Political party	Labor (1893–1909) Liberal (1909–17) Nationalist (1917–31) UAP (1931–35)
Occupation	Labour organiser

Matthew Reid (30 September 1856 – 28 August 1947) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Ayrshire, he was educated in London before migrating to Australia in 1887. He was active in the Carpenters' Union and was an organiser of the Australian Labour Federation from 1890. In 1893, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Toowong. Defeated in 1896, he was elected as the member for Enoggera in 1899, serving until 1902. He served as President of the Queensland Labor Party in 1905, but left the party in 1909 to join the new Commonwealth Liberal Party. In 1917, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for Queensland. He remained a Senator until his retirement in 1934, by which time he was a member of the United Australia Party, successor to the Nationalist Party. Reid died in 1947.^[1]

References

1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 

Persondata
Name	Reid, Matthew
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	30 September 1856
Place of birth	Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death	28 August 1947
Place of death

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