George Reid
Politician
1939 –
Who is George Reid?
Sir George Newlands Reid PC is a Scottish politician. From February 1974 to 1979 he served as a Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire. He was elected in 1999 as a Member of the newly established Scottish Parliament as a regional MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife. From 2003 to 2007 he served as member for the Ochil constituency and was appointed as the Scottish Parliament's second Presiding Officer.
In May 2008, Reid was appointed as the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for the duration of the General Assembly's sitting that year. In 2011, he was appointed as Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire.
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- Born
- Jun 4, 1939
Tullibody - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of St Andrews
- Union College
- Dollar Academy
- Lived in
- Clackmannanshire
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on July 23, 2013
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