Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG KC (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was an Australian politician Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia.Reid was the last leader of the Liberal tendency in New South Wales led by Charles Cowper and Henry Parkes and which Reid organised as the Free Trade and Liberal Association in 1889. He was more effective as Premier of New South Wales from 1894 to 1899 than he was as Prime Minister in 1904 and 1905.