Neil Reynolds

Neil Reynolds (born ca 1940) is a Canadian journalist and one-time politician.

Career in Journalism

After working as a journalist at the Sarnia Observer, London Free Press and Toronto Star, Reynolds became editor-in-chief of the Kingston Whig-Standard in 1977.^{[citation needed]}

Reynolds became editor-in-chief of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and Saint John Times-Globe in 1992.^{[citation needed]} He moved to the top position at the Ottawa Citizen in 1996 and, from 2000 to 2003, was the editor-in-chief at the Vancouver Sun.^{[citation needed]}

He then moved to back Ottawa, Ontario, and is currently a columnist for the Report on Business section of the The Globe and Mail Newspaper. He is also editorial consultant to a Canadian newspaper chain.^{[citation needed]} In 2007, he and his wife, Donna, bought Diplomat & International Canada, a magazine published out of Ottawa.^{[citation needed]} In September 2009, he became Editor-at-Large of three dailies owned by Brunswick News Inc, including the Telegraph-Journal.

Politics

Although he had been a supporter of the New Democratic Party in earlier years, he entered politics as the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate in the 1982 by-election in the riding of Leeds–Grenville. He won 13.4% of the vote, which was the highest percentage vote ever garnered by a Libertarian Party of Canada candidate, either then or since.^{[citation needed]} In May 1982, he became the party's leader, but resigned in 1983 in order to continue his career in journalism.^{[citation needed]}

Family

Reynold's spouse, Donna Jacobs, is an Ottawa-based freelance feature writer and columnist.

External links

• Black's New Look Ottawa Citizen 1997 Maclean's feature concentrates on Reynolds and his career.
• Neil Reynolds' Columns The Globe & Mail

Party political offices
Preceded by Linda Cain	Libertarian Party of Canada leader 1982-1983	Succeeded by Victor Levis