Mike Reed (politician)

Michael Anthony Reed (2 June 1945 – 24 November 2020) was an Australian politician.

Career

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Years Term Electoral division Party
1987–1990 5th Katherine Country Liberal
1990–1994 6th Katherine Country Liberal
1994–1997 7th Katherine Country Liberal
1997–2001 8th Katherine Country Liberal
2001–2003 9th Katherine Country Liberal

He was the Country Liberal Party member for Katherine in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 2003. He was Deputy Chief Minister in the governments of Shane Stone and Denis Burke; following the CLP's election loss in 2001, he resigned in 2003.

Reed was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours for "service to the Northern Territory Parliament and to the community of Katherine".

Reed died aged 75 on 24 November 2020.