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Canadian politician
John Reynolds
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Reynolds in 2006
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In office
December 12, 2001 ? May 20, 2002
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Monarch
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Preceded by
| Stockwell Day
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Succeeded by
| Stephen Harper
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In office
December 11, 2001 ? March 20, 2002
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Preceded by
| Stockwell Day
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Succeeded by
| Stephen Harper
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In office
March 9, 1987 ? November 1, 1989
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Premier
| Bill Vander Zalm
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Lieutenant Governor
| Robert Gordon Rogers
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Preceded by
| Kenneth Walter Davidson
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Succeeded by
| Stephen Rogers
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In office
June 2, 1997 ? January 23, 2006
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Preceded by
| Herb Grubel
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Succeeded by
| Blair Wilson
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In office
May 5, 1983 ? October 17, 1991
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Preceded by
| Allan Williams
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Succeeded by
| Jeremy Dalton
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In office
October 30, 1972 ? May 9, 1977
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Preceded by
| Tom Goode
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Succeeded by
| Tom Siddon
(1978)
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Born
| John Douglas Reynolds
(
1942-01-19
)
January 19, 1942
(age 82)
Toronto
,
Ontario
, Canada
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Political party
| Conservative
(2003-present)
Canadian Alliance
(2000-2003)
Reform
(1997-2000)
Progressive Conservative
(1972-1977)
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Other political
affiliations
| BC Social Credit
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Profession
| Businessman, manager, sales and marketing consultant
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John Douglas Reynolds
PC
(born January 19, 1942) is a former Canadian politician. He was the
member of Parliament
for the riding of
West Vancouver?Sunshine Coast?Sea to Sky Country
in the
House of Commons of Canada
from 1997 to 2006 and a former Federal Opposition Leader. He had also been an MP in the 1970s as well as a provincial politician in
British Columbia
in the 1980s and 1990s.
Life and career
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He was first elected to Parliament as a candidate of the
Progressive Conservatives
in
1972
and was re-elected in
1974
. He resigned in 1977 after a series of disagreements with
Joe Clark
.
Beginning in 1983, he was active in the
Social Credit Party of British Columbia
and served as
speaker
of the
British Columbia Legislative Assembly
and as a
cabinet minister
(Minister of Environment). In 1986, he was a candidate at the
Social Credit leadership convention
coming in fifth. He remained in provincial politics until 1991 when he was defeated in his bid for re-election.
Reynolds returned to parliament in
1997
as a
Reform
MP and served as Chief Opposition
Whip
. He remained in this role when the Reform Party was folded into the
Canadian Alliance
. When
Stockwell Day
faced a revolt in his caucus in 2001 and
Chuck Strahl
resigned as
House leader
, Reynolds was named in his place. When Day resigned as Alliance leader, Reynolds was chosen as interim party leader and
leader of the opposition
and served until
Stephen Harper
was elected the new party leader.
Reynolds resigned as House leader on January 24, 2005, but continued as MP for his riding until his retirement at the
2006 federal election
. He was the coordinator of the Conservative campaign in British Columbia. On the day after the election, which resulted in a Conservative
minority government
, Harper asked Reynolds to approach
Liberal
minister
David Emerson
about
crossing the floor
and serving as a minister in Harper's government. Emerson eventually accepted the offer, which triggered a firestorm of criticism. However, Reynolds, who had strongly criticized
Belinda Stronach
's switch from the Conservatives to the Liberals, told a suburban Vancouver newspaper that he was "very happy" that Emerson was a Conservative and claimed that the people of Emerson's left-leaning Vancouver riding got the better end of the bargain. "Instead of having someone in opposition," he said, "they have someone who is a cabinet minister of a new government."
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Reynolds supports the death penalty.
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