George Reid
Australian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia and 12th Premier of New South Wales (1845-1918)
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He led Australia for barely a year, cobbled together a minority government that everyone knew wouldn't last, and still managed to push through industrial relations laws that shaped the country for decades. Reid's real power was earlier—five years as New South Wales premier—but his federal stint gets the footnote because he was prime minister when almost no o
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Reid was born in Scotland in 1845 and arrived in Australia young enough to grow up colonial: dropped out of school at 13 in Sydney, clerked his way into the civil service, taught himself law, and got admitted to the bar in 1879. He entered the New South Wales parliament in 1880, became premier in 1894, and held the job five years without ever winning a majority—passing civil service reforms and helping draft the federal constitution while nursing a personal grudge against Henry Parkes. After federation in 1901 he led the Free Trade opposition until the musical chairs of minority governments la…
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