Pierre Reid

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Pierre Reid


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profession= teacher
party= Quebec Liberal Party
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riding=Orford (2003-present)
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Pierre Reid (born August 16, 1948 in Jonquière, Quebec) is a Quebec politician and teacher. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Orford in the Estrie region. He represents the Quebec Liberal Party and was a former Minister of the Jean Charest Cabinet.

Reid went to Université Laval in 1970 and obtained a bachelor's degree in sciences. He went to study at Université de Paris XI and obtained a doctor's degree in math sciences in 1974.

Reid was a computer councilor at IBM Canada and was a teacher in administrative data processing, at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. He was later a teacher at the Business Administration department at the Université de Sherbrooke. He would also become the vice-dean, the vice-rector and rector of the University. He was the rector from 1991 to 2001. He was also a Delegate Deputy Minister at Industry Canada. In the community he was an administration member of the Petit Theatre de Sherbrooke.

Reid was elected in Orford in the 2003 elections and was named the Education Minister. Durant his mandate, his Ministry cut 103 millions dollars in bursary funds to post-secondary education students which prompted the 2005 strike in which 200 000 students went on strike and 100 000 of them staging a large protest on March 16, 2005 in downtown Montreal. In March 2005, he was replaced by Jean-Marc Fournier and was named the Minister of Government Services. He was removed from Cabinet one year later. He was re-elected in the 2007 elections.

External links

* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/q-r/reip1.shtml Biography of Pierre Reid] fr icon