Fergie Reid was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1901 to 1904, representing the seat of Mount Burges.
10 Facts About Fergie Reid
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Fergie Reid emigrated to Australia in 1878, initially living in Newcastle, New South Wales, where he became involved in the growing labour movement.
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Fergie Reid arrived in Western Australia in 1896, and lived for periods in Leonora, Malcolm, and Coolgardie.
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Fergie Reid was a branch official of the Australian Workers' Association in the Eastern Goldfields, and was a justice of the peace.
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Fergie Reid entered parliament at the 1901 state election, winning the newly created seat of Mount Burges.
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Fergie Reid's seat was abolished at the 1904 election, and he unsuccessfully sought Labor preselection for the seat of Yilgarn, losing to Austin Horan.
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At the 1904 Legislative Council elections, Fergie Reid was preselected as the Labor candidate for Metropolitan Province, but a last-minute mix-up meant his nomination did not go through.
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Fergie Reid again stood for parliament at the 1905 state election, running for Yilgarn as an Independent Labor candidate against Austin Horan, his old opponent for preselection.
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Fergie Reid had the support of a respected former MP, William Oats, but was defeated with 41.3 percent of the vote.
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Fergie Reid had married Rachel Menzies in 1874, with whom he had nine children.