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{{for|the advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper|Darrel Reid}}
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'''Daryl Gary Reid''', {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLAMB}} (born November 2, 1950) is a former [[politician]] in [[Manitoba]], Canada.<ref name="Leg bios of living members">{{cite web |title=MLA Biographies - Living |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html#r |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |date=November 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611160616/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/bios_living.html |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kap.mb.ca/briefs/farmbusiness_oct05.pdf |title=Farming: It's Everybody's Business |date=October 2005 |publisher=Keystone Agricultural Producers |format=PDF |access-date=December 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426045722/http://www.kap.mb.ca/briefs/farmbusiness_oct05.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref> He represented the electoral division of [[Transcona (electoral district)|Transcona]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] from 1990 to 2016, serving as a member of the [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|New Democratic Party]],<ref name="Leg bios of living members"/> and was the [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba|speaker of the Legislative Assembly]] from October 2011 to March 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/speaker.html |title=The Speaker of the House: Hon. Daryl Reid |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |access-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Reid was born in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], to a family that was politically active with the [[Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]] and [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|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]].  From 1986 to 1990, he was the national president of his railway employees' association.<ref name="ndpcaucus.mb.ca">[http://www.ndpcaucus.mb.ca/newCaucus/mlaPopUp.php?constituency=Transcona&french=0&content=biography&pageNumber= MLA for Transcona: Daryl Reid, New Democratic Party Caucus of Manitoba]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, accessed 27 September 2007.</ref>

==Member of the Legislative Assembly==

Reid was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the [[1990 Manitoba general election|1990 provincial election]], defeating [[Manitoba Liberal Party|Liberal]] incumbent [[Richard Kozak]].  The [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|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 of Manitoba|Workers' Compensation Board]].<ref>In 1991, he criticized [[Canadian Pacific|CP Rail]] for shipping [[Saskatchewan]] potash through the United States instead of Manitoba.  See "CP Rail criticized", ''Globe and Mail'', 29 May 1991, B2.</ref>  In the latter capacity, he called for the WCB to adopt universal coverage.<ref>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.</ref>  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.<ref>Dan Lett, "Privatize CN Rail, feds told", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 20 January 1995.</ref>

Reid was re-elected without difficulty in the [[1995 Manitoba general election|1995 election]], winning every poll in the Transcona division.<ref>"City says no to Grits", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 26 April 1995.</ref>  The Progressive Conservatives were re-elected to another majority government, and Reid served as his party's critic for Transportation and Labour.<ref>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.</ref>

After eleven years in opposition, the New Democratic Party was returned to government in the [[1999 Manitoba general election|1999 provincial election]].  Reid was easily re-elected in Transcona, and became a backbench supporter of [[Gary Doer]]'s administration.  He led a task force into Manitoba's system of issuing driver's licenses, and chaired a series of public meetings into the status of the province's roads, rails and runways.<ref>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.</ref> Re-elected again in [[2003 Manitoba general election|2003]], he chaired the committees that selected a new [[ombudsman]] and a new [[Auditor General of Manitoba|auditor general]] for Manitoba.<ref>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.</ref>

In 2005, Reid and fellow NDP MLA [[Bidhu Jha]] broke ranks with the Doer government and spoke against plans to create a new hog processing plant in their section of Winnipeg.  After extensive criticism, the government withdrew its support for the project in 2007.<ref>Mary Agnes Welch, "NDP MLAs break ranks, demand hog-plant delay", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 23 November 2005, A1.</ref>

Reid was returned for a fifth time in the [[2007 Manitoba general election|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.<ref name="ndpcaucus.mb.ca"/>

==Federal politics==

Reid supported [[Lorne Nystrom]]'s bid to lead the federal [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]] in 1995.  In 2003, he endorsed [[Bill Blaikie]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.billblaikie.ca/ndp.php/leadershipsupporters/ctoctocsupport |title=Cross Canada Support for Bill |work=Bill Blaikie, Elmwood&mdash;Transcona |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401195027/http://www1.billblaikie.ca/ndp.php/leadershipsupporters/ctoctocsupport |archive-date=April 1, 2007 |access-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref>

==Electoral history==

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All electoral information is taken from [[Elections Manitoba]].

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