Scott Reid | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MHA |
Residence: | Jeffrey's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Office1: | Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation |
Premier1: | Andrew Furey |
Predecessor1: | Lisa Dempster |
Term Start1: | July 19, 2024 |
Office2: | Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly |
Term Start2: | September 6, 2019 |
Term End2: | April 12, 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Perry Trimper |
Successor2: | Derek Bennett[1] |
Premier2: | Dwight Ball Andrew Furey |
Lieutenant Governor2: | Judy Foote |
Assembly3: | Newfoundland and Labrador House of |
Constituency Am3: | St. George's-Humber St. George's-Stephenville East (2014-2015) |
Term Start3: | September 11, 2014 |
Predecessor3: | Joan Shea |
Party: | Liberal Party |
Occupation: | professor |
Scott Reid is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the district of St. George's-Stephenville East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a 2014 by-election;[2] in the 2015 election, he was re-elected in the new district of St. George's-Humber.[3] He is a member of the Liberal Party.
Reid was raised in the community of Jeffrey's.[4] Reid has taught at the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Business at Memorial University. Reid previously worked as a researcher under the leadership of Roger Grimes, Gerry Reid, Yvonne Jones, and Dwight Ball. From 2008 to 2010, he was a senior policy advisor to Liberal MP Siobhan Coady.
Reid was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election. On September 6, 2019, he was appointed acting Speaker of the House of Assembly following Perry Trimper re-entering cabinet.[5] Reid was elected Speaker at the beginning of the fall 2019 session of the House of Assembly defeating Trimper.[6] [7] He was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.[8] He ran for re-election as Speaker at the beginning of the 50th General Assembly but was defeated by Derek Bennett.[9] He was appointed as Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation on July 19, 2024.[10]
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