Judith Reid (born 1954 or 1955)Meet the candidates: Judith Reid: Liberal Nanaimo-Parksville:

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Bennett, NelsonView Profile. Nanaimo Daily News anaimo, B.C11 May 2001: A4. is a politician in

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, Canada. She is a former

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(MLA), and was Minister of Transportation for 3 years. First elected in a 1998

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for

Parksville-Qualicum Parksville-Qualicum was a former provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest betwe ...

, Reid was re-elected in the 2001 general election as MLA for

Nanaimo-Parksville Nanaimo-Parksville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. Demographics Geography History 1999 redistribution Nanaimo-Parksville created from parts of Nanaimo and ...

. From June 2001 to January 2004, she served as BC's Minister of Transportation. Her term was marked by the controversial 2003 lease of

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assets and right-of-way to

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. Reid did not run for re-election in 2005. An entrepreneur, Reid has worked on several business ventures, including development of a shellfish farm on

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. She served on the executive of the BC Shellfish Growers Association. Reid has four sons and four grandchildren. She

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her children for some of their school years.

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