Ross Reid

Ross Reid

Ian Angus Ross Reid, PC , BA (born July 31 1952) is a Canadian politician.

Political career

A consultant, Reid has been active with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada since 1975. During the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, he served as chief of staff to the Minister of Finance, and as an advisor to the Prime Minister.

In the 1988 federal election, he ran for and won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as Member of Parliament for St. John's East. He became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans in 1989, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in 1991.

When Kim Campbell succeeded Mulroney as prime minister in 1993, she brought Reid into Cabinet as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. However, both he and the Campbell government went down to defeat in the subsequent 1993 federal election.

Reid remained active in the party as National Director of the federal Progressive Conservative party while Jean Charest was party leader.

Career after politics

Since leaving the House of Commons, Reid has worked as an international consultant on human rights and democratic development for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and is on the board of directors of IMPACS, the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society.

Reid was the campaign manager for the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party's successful 2003 election campaign, and headed Danny Williams transition team following the election. He subsequently served as deputy minister to the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.

He serves on the board of directors of the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) [http://www.impacs.org/about/board/PloneArticle_view] , a nonprofit group which supports "free, open and accountable media" internationally.

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=1579&s=M Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]


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