Alan Reid

Alan Douglas Joseph Reid (19 December 1914 – 1 September 1987), nicknamed the Red Fox, was an Australian political journalist, who worked in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery from 1937 to 1985. He is noted for his role in the Australian Labor Party split of 1955

Biography Reid was born on 19 December 1914 in Toxteth, an inner-city area of Liverpool, England, to William Douglas Reid, a New Zealand-born Scottish steamship officer, and Margaret Reid (née Senar). He attended the St Francis of Assisi Christian Brothers school in Paddington, St Patrick's College, Goulburn, and Waverley College, Sydney.

In 1954, Reid moved to The Daily Telegraph, Reid broke many of the stories that led to Gorton's resignation as prime minister and his replacement with McMahon in 1971.

Legacy A biography of Reid, Alan 'The Red Fox' Reid: Pressman Par Excellence, by Ross Fitzgerald and Stephen Holt, with a foreword by Laurie Oakes, was published in 2010.

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