Scott Reid is the Member of Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac. He was first elected in November 2000.
Scott was elected chairman of the Conservative parliamentary caucus in November, 2021. He previously served as the Shadow Minister (or opposition critic) for Democratic Institutions (2015-2018), Deputy Opposition House Leader (2015-2016), and Deputy Government House Leader (2006-2015).
He also served as the chairman of the subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (2008-2015).
Three of the four main parties in Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington have agreed not to place campaign signs on public property during this federal election. The Conservatives, the Green Party and the NDP will not be placing signs on public property – except on roadways beside the mailbox or laneway, where the homeowner has requested it. The three…
Carleton Place, ON- Local MP and Conservative Candidate Scott Reid today endorsed an NDP proposal that election signs not be placed on public property in Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington during the 2005 / 2006 election campaign. “I think that Helen Forsey is onto something with this proposal,” Reid stated. “It’s wintertime, the ground is frozen, and signs along the roadside…
Ottawa – MP Scott Reid, the Conservative Party Critic for Democratic Reform, criticized the Martin Government for failing to act on electoral reform. Democratic Reform Minister Mauril Belanger admitted this week that the government will fail to meet the timeline set by the Procedure and House Affairs Committee to launch the process that will reform Canada’s electoral system. The…
Ottawa – Today, Scott Reid, MP, called on Prime Minister Paul Martin to demand the immediate release of eighteen Falun Gong practitioners with family ties to Canada who are prisoners of conscience in China. Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet with Prime Minister Martin next week during a visit to Canada. “Paul Martin must not lose this unique opportunity…
Carleton Place – Local Member of Parliament Scott Reid today called on the federal government to provide immediate tax relief for Canadians facing record prices at the gas pump. Ontarians pay around 25 cents per litre in federal and provincial excise taxes, including a charge that Paul Martin, while Finance Minister, first imposed in 1995 as a “temporary” measure…
Ottawa – MP Scott Reid, the Conservative Party Critic for Democratic Reform,denounced Belinda Stonach’s upcoming million-dollar tour of Canada. Stronach, the new Minister for Democratic Renewal, announced this week that she will be travelling the country in the fall on a million-dollar budget to engage young Canadians in a discussion of voter apathy and disengagement. “First the Prime Minister…
Ottawa – Yesterday in the House of Commons, local Member of Parliament Scott Reid voted to preserve the traditional definition of marriage, as directed by an overwhelming majority of participating voters in a constituency referendum on Bill C-38 (the Civil Marriage Act). Just over 80% of valid ballots in the constituency referendum were cast in favour of the traditional…
Ottawa – Following a meeting with concerned residents of South Frontenac at the site of Mitchell Creek, local MP Scott Reid made the following statement in the House of Commons: “Mr. Speaker, the Township of South Frontenac recently announced a plan to replace the 75-year-old bridge over tiny Mitchell Creek. Originally the plan was for the new bridge to…
Ottawa – MP Scott Reid, the Conservative Party Critic for Democratic Reform, presented the Conservative Party Minority Report on Electoral Reform to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs today. The Report, crafted as a response to the Committee’s Report on Electoral Reform prescribing a politician-led process, laid out the preferred Conservative option for citizen-driven reform. “The Committee…
Ottawa – MP Scott Reid, the Conservative Party Critic for Democratic Reform,commended the people of British Columbia for voting in favour of electoral reform in yesterday’s referendum. The referendum, initiated by the province’s unique “Citizens’ Assembly”, allowed voters to decide whether or not the province will adopt the voting system known as “Single Transferable Vote” (STV). A majority of…
Scott Reid is the Member of Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac. He was first elected in November 2000.
Scott was elected chairman of the Conservative parliamentary caucus in November, 2021. He previously served as the Shadow Minister (or opposition critic) for Democratic Institutions (2015-2018), Deputy Opposition House Leader (2015-2016), and Deputy Government House Leader (2006-2015).
He also served as the chairman of the subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (2008-2015).
