Who's Who
Margaret Elizabeth Reid
[1935-]Organisations:
ACT Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Parliamentarian; Patron of the Australian Women's History Forum
Margaret Reid, born in Crystal Bank South Australia in 1935, studied law at the University of Adelaide. After moving to Canberra where she practiced as a barrister and solicitor, mainly in the area of family law.
Margaret Reid was the inaugural President of the ACT Division of the Liberal Party from 1974 until 1981, when she was appointed to the Senate to represent the ACT after the death of Senator John Knight. She remained in the Senate until 2002, becoming the first female President of the Senate in the Federal Parliament in 1996.
Margaret has had an abiding interest, among other areas in promoting links between the Australian Parliament and the parliaments of other countries, both through the Inter Parliamentary Union and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). She was elected the World President of the CPA for 2000-2001. She received the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal 1977 and the Order of Polonia Restituta 1987.
Resources
Millar Ann Trust the Women Department of the Senate, Canberra 1993
Biographical cuttings in the National Library of Australia.
