Career
She is a former Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association), and was Minister of Transportation for 3 years. First elected in a 1998 by-election for Parksville-Qualicum, Reid was re-elected in the 2001 general election as Modern Language Association for Nanaimo-Parksville. From June 2001 to January 2004, she served as British Columbia"s Minister of Transportation.
Her term was marked by the controversial 2003 lease of British Columbia Rail assets and right-of-way to Canadian National Railway.
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 Vancouver Island.
She served on the executive of the British Columbia Shellfish Growers Association.
