Gordon Reid (governor)

Gordon Reid
26th Governor of Western Australia
In office
2 July 1984 – 30 September 1989
MonarchElizabeth II
PremierBrian Burke
Peter Dowding
Preceded bySir Richard Trowbridge
Succeeded bySir Francis Burt
Personal details
Born
Gordon Stanley Reid

(1923-09-22)22 September 1923
Hurtsville, Sydney, New South Wales
Died26 October 1989(1989-10-26) (aged 66)
Perth, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
SpouseRuth Reid
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Nuffield College, University of Oxford
OccupationClerk
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceRoyal Australian Air Force
Years of service1942–1946
RankFlying Officer
Battles/warsSecond World War

Gordon Stanley Reid AC (22 September 1923 – 26 October 1989) was an Australian academic who served as the 26th Governor of Western Australia. Born in Hurstville, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, he was educated at Hurstville Boys High School before enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force, where he served as a flying officer during the Second World War. After the conclusion of the war, Reid studied at the London School of Economics in England, later winning a scholarship to Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. Having obtained his Doctorate of Philosophy, Reid lectured at the University of Adelaide before serving as the vice-chancellor of the University of Western Australia from 1978 to 1982. Appointed governor in 1984, he served in the position until 1989, resigning a month before his death from cancer.