Squire Horace Reid (11 September 1887 – 29 July 1949) was an Australian politician. Reid was born in

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to Captain John Robert Reid, a military officer from

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, Scotland, and Hannah Lory. He was educated in

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and Albert Park. In 1902, he was employed by the States Cigar Factory where he worked for 25 years until his election to parliament. He held the seat of Oakleigh in the

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on two occasions, from 1927 to 1932, when he was defeated by James Vinton Smith, then after regaining the seat, from 1937 until 1947.REID, Squire Horace
''re-member'' (Parliament of Victoria). After his defeat by John Lechte in 1947, Reid worked as a cigar manufacturer, and was involved in sport administration, serving as president of the

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from 1947 until his death.

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