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).
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February 10, 2016
For immediate release Today, Conservative democratic institutions critic Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) made the following comments in responding to a recent poll showing a majority of Canadians support holding a referendum on the Liberal government’s plan to change the voting system: “In recent polling, nearly two in three Canadians said they want a referendum on any proposed change to the…
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January 19, 2016
Today, Conservative democratic institutions critic Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) made the following comments in responding to the Liberal government’s establishment of the “Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments”: “Only the Liberal Party has the audacity to call an appointed body choosing Senators a ‘democratic reform’. There’s no reform here. An unelected, unaccountable board will be making recommendations for an unelected…
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January 6, 2016
Electoral reform must go to a referendum SCOTT REID, MP Ottawa Citizen Published on: December 28, 2015 On Oct. 19, the Liberals were elected on a platform that included dozens of promises, including more than 30 on various aspects of democratic reform. One of these was the dramatic but vague promise that 2015 would be “the last election conducted…
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December 10, 2015
For immediate release Today, Conservative democratic institutions critic Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) sponsored an e-Petition to the Minister of Democratic Institutions (e-48), which states the following: Whereas: Since the 1950s Canadian governments have consulted their people in a referendum when trying to alter their electoral system; In peer countries New Zealand (1992, 1993, and 2011) and the United Kingdom (2011),…
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December 10, 2015
———-o0o———- CLOSED FOR SIGNATURE: April 9, 2016 Presented to the House of Commons: May 19, 2016 Final number of signatures: 14,237 Click here for more information. ———-o0o———- Petition to the Minister of Democratic Institutions Whereas: Since the 1950s Canadian governments have consulted their people in a referendum when trying to alter their electoral system; In peer countries New Zealand…
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December 9, 2015
Statement from Scott Reid and Blake Richards responding to comments made by the Minister of Democratic Institutions on the Liberal plan for changing Canada’s electoral system For immediate release Today, Conservative democratic institutions critics Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) and Blake Richards (Banff-Airdrie) released the following statement responding to comments made in Question Period on December 8, 2015 by the Hon.…
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December 3, 2015
For immediate release Today, Official Opposition Critic for Democratic Institutions Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) released the following statement responding to the announcement that the Liberal government will create a five-member advisory panel for new senate appointments: “This new process isn’t democratic, it isn’t transparent, and it isn’t real senate reform. It simply creates an unelected, appointed body to recommend unelected,…
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September 4, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 September 2015 CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE SCOTT REID STANDS WITH SOUTH FRONTENAC RESIDENTS IN OPPOSITION TO COLLINS LAKE SOLAR PROJECT PERTH – Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston Conservative Candidate Scott Reid joined with South Frontenac Residents to oppose the Collins Lake industrial solar project proposed by Suncor (Suncor Energy Products Inc.) and Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. (Canadian Solar). This project is…
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June 18, 2015
Local MP Reid wins change to Commons Speaker election rules June 18, 2015 Ottawa — The House of Commons Wednesday adopted Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington MP Scott Reid’s proposal to change the method by which it elects its senior official. The proposal, Motion M-489, provides that future elections for Speaker of the Commons will be held using a “preferential ballot.”…
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February 9, 2015
Ottawa — On Monday January 26, 2015, responses to two Order Paper Questions submitted by John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, were received. Mr. Barlow’s questions (791 & 792) were submitted on November 18, 2014, and concern the activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Armed Forces in High River Alberta during June and July…
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