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The Honourable John Reynolds PC
Reynolds in 2006
Leader of the Opposition
In office December 12, 2001 – May 20, 2002
Preceded by	Stockwell Day
Succeeded by	Stephen Harper
Interim Leader of theCanadian Alliance
In office December 11, 2001 – March 20, 2002
Preceded by	Stockwell Day
Succeeded by	Stephen Harper
28th Speaker of theLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
In office March 9, 1987 – November 1, 1989
Preceded by	Kenneth Walter Davidson
Succeeded by	Stephen Rogers
Member of Parliament forWest Vancouver—Sunshine Coast
In office June 2, 1997 – January 23, 2006
Preceded by	Herb Grubel
Succeeded by	Blair Wilson
Member of theBritish Columbia Legislative Assembly forWest Vancouver-Howe Sound
In office May 5, 1983 – October 17, 1991
Preceded by	Allan Williams
Succeeded by	Jeremy Dalton[1]
Member of Parliament forBurnaby—Richmond—Delta
In office October 30, 1972 – May 9, 1977
Preceded by	Tom Goode
Succeeded by	Tom Siddon (1978)
Personal details
Born	John Douglas Reynolds (1942-01-19)January 19, 1942 (age 83) Toronto,Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative (2003-present) Canadian Alliance (2000-2003) Reform (1997-2000) Progressive Conservative (1972-1977)
Other political affiliations	BC Social Credit
Profession	Businessman, manager, sales and marketing consultant

John Douglas ReynoldsPC (born January 19, 1942) is a former Canadian politician. He was themember of Parliament for the riding ofWest Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in theHouse 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 inBritish Columbia in the 1980s and 1990s.

He was first elected to Parliament as a candidate of theProgressive Conservatives in1972 and was re-elected in1974. He resigned in 1977 after a series of disagreements withJoe Clark.

Beginning in 1983, he was active in theSocial Credit Party of British Columbia and served asspeaker of theBritish Columbia Legislative Assembly and as acabinet minister (Minister of Environment). In 1986, he was a candidate at theSocial 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 in1997 as aReform MP and served as Chief OppositionWhip. He remained in this role when the Reform Party was folded into theCanadian Alliance. WhenStockwell Day faced a revolt in his caucus in 2001 andChuck Strahl resigned asHouse leader, Reynolds was named in his place. When Day resigned as Alliance leader, Reynolds was chosen as interim party leader andleader of the opposition and served untilStephen 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 the2006 federal election. He was the coordinator of the Conservative campaign in British Columbia. On the day after the election, which resulted in a Conservativeminority government, Harper asked Reynolds to approachLiberal ministerDavid Emerson aboutcrossing 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 criticizedBelinda 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."^[2]

Reynolds supports the death penalty.^[3]

After his political career, in 2006 he accepted the role as Senior Strategic Advisor at McMillan LLP.^[4]

• John Reynolds – Parliament of Canada biography
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