George Reid (Scottish politician)

The Right Honourable

Sir George Reid

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Official portrait, 2003
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
In office
7 May 2003 – 14 May 2007
MonarchElizabeth II
Deputy
  • Murray Tosh
  • Trish Godman
Preceded byDavid Steel
Succeeded byAlex Fergusson
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
In office
12 May 1999 – 7 May 2003
Serving with Patricia Ferguson (1999–2001) and Murray Tosh (2001–2003)
Presiding OfficerDavid Steel
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlasdair Morgan
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Ochil
In office
3 May 2003 – 7 May 2007
Preceded byRichard Simpson
Succeeded byKeith Brown
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Mid Scotland and Fife
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
1 May 1999 – 3 May 2003
Member of Parliament
for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
In office
28 February 1974 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byDick Douglas
Succeeded byMartin O'Neill
Personal details
Born
George Newlands Reid

(1939-06-04)4 June 1939
Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Died12 August 2025(2025-08-12) (aged 86)
Denny, Falkirk, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Political partyScottish National Party
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
Union College

Sir George Newlands Reid (4 June 1939 – 12 August 2025) was a Scottish politician and journalist. He was the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2007. He was a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP). He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 1999 to 2003 and then for the Ochil from 2003 to 2007.

Reid was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire from 1974 until 1979.

In 2013, Reid was treated for bladder cancer.[1] He died on 12 August 2025 in Denny, Scotland from kidney cancer at the age of 86.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Former Scottish Parliament Presiding Officers on the devolution years". Holyrood. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Former presiding officer Sir George Reid dies at 86". BBC News. 13 August 2025. Archived from the original on 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Jody (13 August 2025). "Former Holyrood presiding officer Sir George Reid dies aged 86". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Former presiding officer and journalist Sir George Reid dies aged 86
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