Daryl Reid
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Daryl Gary Reid (born November 2, 1950) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He has represented Transcona in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 1990, serving as a member of the New Democratic Party.
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[edit] Early life and career
Reid was born in Winnipeg to a family that was active with the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and New Democratic Party. He began working for Canadian National in 1969 and became active in the trade union movement, serving as a shop steward and executive board member for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was national president of his railway employee's association from 1986 to 1990.[1]
[edit] Member of the Legislative Assembly
Reid was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Richard Kozak. The Progressive Conservative Party won a majority government in this election, and Reid served as his party's critic for Transportation and the Workers Compensation Board .[2] In the latter capacity, he called for the WCB to provide universal coverage.[3] He later spoke against a proposed merger of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, and strongly opposed the federal government's decision to privatize Canadian National.[4]
Reid was re-elected without difficulty in the 1995 election, winning every poll.[5] The Progressive Conservatives were re-elected to another majority government provincially, and Reid served as his party's critic for Transportation and Labour.[6]
After eleven years in opposition, the New Democratic Party was returned to government in the 1999 provincial election. Reid was easily re-elected in Transcona, and became a backbench supporter of Gary Doer's administration. He subsequently led a task force into Manitoba's system of issuing drivers licenses, and chaired a series of public meetings into the status of the province's roads, rails and runaways.[7] He was re-elected again in 2003, and chaired the committees that selected a new ombudsman and a new Auditor General for Manitoba.[8] He sits on the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation.[9]
In 2005, Reid and fellow NDP MLA Bidhu Jha broke ranks with the Doer government and spoke against plans to create a new hog farm in their section of Winnipeg. After extensive criticism, the government withdrew its support for the project in 2007.[10]
Reid was returned for a fifth time in the 2007 election, in which the NDP were re-elected to a third consecutive majority government. He now chairs the 2020 Manitoba Transportation Task Force, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation.[11]
[edit] Federal politics
Reid supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to lead the federal New Democratic Party in 1995. In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie.
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[edit] Table of offices held
| Preceded by Richard Kozak |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Transcona 1990- |
Succeeded by incumbent |
[edit] Electoral history
| 2007 Manitoba provincial election : Transcona edit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | (x)Daryl Reid | 4,560 | 68.74 | -0.74 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Bryan McLeod | 1,470 | 22.16 | +7.76 | ||
| Liberal | Gerald Basarab | 604 | 9.10 | -7.02 | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,634 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 34 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,668 | 48.75 | +0.21 | |||
| Electors on the lists | 13,678 | |||||
| 2003 Manitoba provincial election : Transcona edit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | (x)Daryl Reid | 4,414 | 69.48 | +5.60 | $16,221.57 | |
| Liberal | Betty Ann Watts | 1,024 | 16.12 | +6.30 | $12,517.46 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Nansy Marsiglia | 915 | 14.40 | -11.26 | $10.69 | |
| Total valid votes | 6,353 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 34 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,387 | 48.54 | -19.36 | |||
| Electors on the lists | 13,157 | |||||
| 1999 Manitoba provincial election : Transcona edit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | (x)Daryl Reid | 5,620 | 63.88 | $13,949.00 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Dan Turner | 2,409 | 27.38 | $19,315.42 | ||
| Liberal | Vibart C. Stewart | 713 | 8.10 | $2,987.81 | ||
| Communist | Paul Sidon | 56 | 0.64 | $0.00 | ||
| Total valid votes | 8,798 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 36 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,834 | 67.90 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 13,011 | |||||
| 1995 Manitoba provincial election : Transcona edit | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic Party | (x)Daryl Reid | 5,163 | 58.13 | $16,554.00 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Bueckert | 2,372 | 26.71 | $7,384.15 | ||
| Liberal | Ingrid Pokrant | 1,216 | 13.69 | $9,521.05 | ||
| Independent | Jack D. Lang | 131 | 1.47 | $121.01 | ||
| Total valid votes | 8,882 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 21 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,903 | 68.47 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 13,003 | |||||
| 1990 Manitoba provincial election : Transcona edit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | ||
| New Democratic Party | Daryl Reid | 4,363 | 49.48 | |||
| Liberal | (x)Richard Kozak | 2,554 | 28.97 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ray Hargreaves | 1,732 | 19.64 | |||
| Progressive | Thomas Bunn | 168 | 1.91 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,817 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 20 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,837 | 70.22 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 12,584 | |||||
All electoral information is taken from Elections Manitoba.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ MLA for Transcona: Daryl Reid, New Democratic Party Caucus of Manitoba, accessed 27 September 2007.
- ^ In 1991, he criticized CP Rail for shipping Saskatchewan potash through the United States instead of Manitoba. See "CP Rail criticized", Globe and Mail, 29 May 1991, B2.
- ^ Myron Love and Angela Stelmakowich, "Man should adopt universal coverage, provide pensions for chronic pain: NDP", Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News, Vol. 16, No. 37.
- ^ Dan Lett, "Privatize CN Rail, feds told", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 January 1995.
- ^ "City says no to Grits", Winnipeg Free Press, 26 April 1995.
- ^ Kevin Rollason, "Residents draw line in snow", Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 1995, A4; Paul Samyn, "Manitoba's share of CP pact hiked", Winnipeg Free Press, 5 January 1996, B5; "Boeing strikers demand inquiry", Globe and Mail, 13 July 1996, N4.
- ^ Douglas Nairne, "New drivers put to test: licensing to get tougher", Winnipeg Free Press, 9 June 2000, A7; David Kuxhaus, "New drivers facing tougher license process", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 June 2000, A6; Kevin Prokosh, "Public meetings to look at transportation", Winnipeg Free Press, 8 June 2001, A4.
- ^ Paul Egan, "MLAs settle on candidate for ombudsman's job", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 February 2005, B7; Martin Cash, "Bellringer returns to auditor general's position", Winnipeg Free Press, 6 July 2006, A3.
- ^ "Conservative justice critic says Manitoba's bait care program is a bust", Canadian Press, 27 July 2005, 23:30.
- ^ Mary Agnes Welch, "NDP MLAs break ranks, demand hog-plant delay", Winnipeg Free Press, 23 November 2005, A1.
- ^ MLA for Transcona: Daryl Reid, New Democratic Party Caucus of Manitoba, accessed 27 September 2007.
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