Parliamentary Career
At the 1874 general election Reed was elected as Liberal member of parliament for Pembroke. At the next election in 1880 he was elected as member for Cardiff. In 1886 he was appointed Lord of the Treasury in Gladstone's third ministry.
Reed lost his parliamentary seat in 1895, but regained it in 1900. In 1905 he indicated that he would retire from parliament at the next election that occurred in 1906.
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