Talk:Margaret Reid (politician)
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[edit]No-one called Margaret Reid has ever stood for a House of Representatives seat. It is possible that she stood in 1961 under another name, but since the anonymous user who wrote this article has not responded to my request to verify this statement, I am deleting it until it is verified. Adam 07:05, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- I couldn't turn up anything either. Odd. Ambivalenthysteria 11:18, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
A Margaret McLachlan was the Liberal candidate in Bonython in 1961. That might be her. I will check it out tomorrow. Adam 11:26, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
McLachlan was Margaret Reid's maiden name - so it's the same person, different name.
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- ... that Margaret Reid was appointed to the Australian Senate 20 years after losing an election for the House of Representatives?
- Source: Valedictory speech at Parliament of Australia "The opportunity for me to become a senator ... I was appointed to this job at a joint sitting of the two houses of the federal parliament on 5 May 1981" and "Senator Reid has confidence in 'thriving city' " at Canberra Times "In 1961, she conducted her first electoral campaign, as the Liberal candidate for the Federal seat of Bonython, in South Australia." and 1961 legislative election results at Adam Carr's archive
Reidgreg (talk) 12:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC).
- Is there another hook that can be proposed here? Politicians being appointed to or elected to positions after losing previously is very common and not at all unusual. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:08, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- Actually, looking at the article, I'm surprised the following wasn't proposed:
- ALT1 ... that Margaret Reid was the first woman to serve as President of the Australian Senate? (Source: "Rising Above the Genteel Rumble of the Pink Palace" Canberra Times at ProQuest 1016152950 (via Wikipedia Library) "She made Australian political history on August 20, 1996 when she became the first woman President of the Senate."
- Although a "first" hook (a kind of hook that has been discouraged on DYK as of late), it is one that should be relatively easy to verify/support and thus not as an exceptional of a claim as most other "first" hooks. In addition, it's the highlight of her career, but more importantly, probably more interesting to a broad audience than just merely losing an election then winning/being appointed again later. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:23, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, ALT1 looks good to me; I've added a source already cited in the article at that sentence (in the body). She had some other "firsts" (first and only president representing a territory, first female deputy president, and I thought first female whip though I'm not finding a source on that right now) but only included the major one so as not to emphasize this too much per WP:FIRSTWOMAN. I wouldn't put it in the lead sentence, but it seems fine to me for DYK. If there are objections, though, I don't mind withdrawing the nomination. I also piped women to Women in the Australian Senate if that's alright. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:05, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- Actually, looking at the article, I'm surprised the following wasn't proposed:
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