Scott Reid (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)

This article is about the Newfoundland and Labrador Member of the Legislative Assembly. For the press secretary to Paul Martin, see Scott Reid (political advisor). For the Conservative Member of Parliament, see Scott Reid (politician).

Scott Reid MHA
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. George's-Humber St. George's-Stephenville East (2014-2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office September 11, 2014
Preceded by	Joan Shea
Personal details
Political party	Liberal Party
Residence(s)	Jeffrey's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Occupation	professor

Scott Reid is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the district of St. George's-Stephenville East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a 2014 by-election; in the 2015 election, he was reelected in the new district of St. George's-Humber. He is a member of the Liberal Party.

Reid was raised in the community of Jeffrey's and has taught at the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Business at Memorial University, and previously worked as a researcher under the leadership of Roger Grimes, Gerry Reid, Yvonne Jones, and Dwight Ball. From 2008 to 2010, he was a senior policy advisor to Liberal MP Siobhan Coady.

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Reid	3,618	77.5	–
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Osmond	708	15.2	–
	New Democratic	Shane Snook	341	7.3	–

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By-election August 26, 2014 On the resignation of Joan Shea, June 2, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Reid	2211	59.15	+26.43
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Childs	948	25.36	-23.95
NDP	Bernice Hancock	579	15.49	-1.03
Total valid votes			3,739
Rejected
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+25.19