Robert Reid (18 October 1842 – 12 May 1904) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Leven, Fife, he migrated to Australia, arriving in Hobson's Bay on the Ralph Waller from Liverpool on 7 April 1855, the ship having struck an iceberg near the Island of Desolation. He worked in the retail trade before becoming a businessman. In 1891, after the death of Nunn, co-owner with Buckley of Buckley & Nunn store, Reid bought the business and sold it on in London in 1892 for £300,000 (equivalent to $23,294,000 in 2018).
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| - روبرت ريد (سياسي) (ar)
- Robert Reid (Australian politician, born 1842) (en)
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| - روبرت ريد (بالإنجليزية: Robert Reid) هو سياسي أسترالي، ولد في 18 أكتوبر 1842 في المملكة المتحدة، وتوفي في 12 أبريل 1904 بوستمنستر في المملكة المتحدة. حزبياً، نشط في حزب التجارة الحرة. وقد انتخب عضو المجلس التشريعي الفيكتوري عن دائرة Melbourne Province (8 سبتمبر 1892 – 3 فبراير 1903) وانتخب عن دائرة فيكتوريا (21 يناير 1903 – 31 ديسمبر 1903). (ar)
- Robert Reid (18 October 1842 – 12 May 1904) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Leven, Fife, he migrated to Australia, arriving in Hobson's Bay on the Ralph Waller from Liverpool on 7 April 1855, the ship having struck an iceberg near the Island of Desolation. He worked in the retail trade before becoming a businessman. In 1891, after the death of Nunn, co-owner with Buckley of Buckley & Nunn store, Reid bought the business and sold it on in London in 1892 for £300,000 (equivalent to $23,294,000 in 2018). (en)
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| - روبرت ريد (بالإنجليزية: Robert Reid) هو سياسي أسترالي، ولد في 18 أكتوبر 1842 في المملكة المتحدة، وتوفي في 12 أبريل 1904 بوستمنستر في المملكة المتحدة. حزبياً، نشط في حزب التجارة الحرة. وقد انتخب عضو المجلس التشريعي الفيكتوري عن دائرة Melbourne Province (8 سبتمبر 1892 – 3 فبراير 1903) وانتخب عن دائرة فيكتوريا (21 يناير 1903 – 31 ديسمبر 1903). (ar)
- Robert Reid (18 October 1842 – 12 May 1904) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Leven, Fife, he migrated to Australia, arriving in Hobson's Bay on the Ralph Waller from Liverpool on 7 April 1855, the ship having struck an iceberg near the Island of Desolation. He worked in the retail trade before becoming a businessman. In 1891, after the death of Nunn, co-owner with Buckley of Buckley & Nunn store, Reid bought the business and sold it on in London in 1892 for £300,000 (equivalent to $23,294,000 in 2018). In October 1892 Reid was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne Province as a Free Trader, becoming Minister for Defence and Minister for Health. Reid lost his ministerial positions in 1894, but was re-created Minister for Health and also Minister for Public Instruction in 1902. On 21 January 1903, he was appointed to the Australian Senate for Victoria to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Sir Frederick Sargood. Reid did not contest the 1903 election, and died in 1904 on a visit to London. He is buried in Hampstead Cemetery. Reid was survived by his wife, four sons and six daughters. His sons continued the family business. His daughter Isabelle was a veterinary surgeon. She established a practice in Balwyn, Victoria close to the family home. (en)
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