Judith Reid

Judith Reid

Judith Reid is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. She is a former Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), and was Minister of Transportation for 3 years.

First elected in a 1998 by-election for Parksville-Qualicum, Reid was re-elected in the 2001 general election as MLA for Nanaimo-Parksville. From June 2001 to January 2004, she served as BC's Minister of Transportation. Her term was marked by the controversial 2003 lease of BC Rail assets and right-of-way to Canadian National Railway.

Reid did not run for re-election in 2005.

An entrepreneur, Reid has worked on several business ventures, including development of a shellfish farm on Vancouver Island. She served on the executive of the BC Shellfish Growers Association.

Reid has four sons and four grandchildren. She home-schooled her children for some of their school years.

External links

* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/mla/37thparl/reidj.htm Official government bio]


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