What is Margaret Reid (politician)?
{{Infobox MP | honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Margaret Reid | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AO}} | image = | title = [[President of the Senate (Australia)|President of the Australian Senate]] | term_start = 20 August 1996 | term_end = 18 August 2002 | predecessor = [[Michael Beahan]] | successor = [[Paul Calvert]] | title1 = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Australian Capital Territory]] | term_start1 = 5 May 1981 | term_end1 = 14 February 2003 | predecessor1 = [[John Knight (Australian politician)|John Knight]] | successor1 = [[Gary Humphries]] | birthname = Margaret Elizabeth McLachlan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1935|5|28}} | birth_place = [[Crystal Brook, South Australia]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Australian | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Tom Reid (electrical engineer)|Tom Reid]]|1966}} | party = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = [[University of Adelaide]] | occupation = | profession = Barrister | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Margaret Elizabeth Reid''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (née '''McLachlan'''; born 28 May 1935) is an [[Australia]]n politician. He was a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for the [[Australian Capital Territory]] from 1981 to 2003, representing the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]. She is the only woman to have served as [[President of the Senate (Australia)|President of the Senate]], holding that office from 1996 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/briefs/brief06.htm |title = Senate Brief No 6 |date = October 2009 |work = The President of the Senate |publisher = [[Commonwealth of Australia]] |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110222093404/http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/briefs/brief06.htm |archive-date = 22 February 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAUL