Career
From 1997 to 2003 she served on the Policy Council of SACOSS. She served a term as an elected member on the District Council of Mount Pleasant prior to its amalgamation with the Barossa Council. Reynolds was the Democrats candidate for the safe Liberal seat of Schubert at the 2002 state election, polling a credible 8.9% of the vote. During her time as a sitting member Reynolds spoke out on a range of issues including the treatment of asylum seekers at the controversial Baxter Detention Centre in South Australia"s outback, and campaigned for increased social housing for disadvantaged people and increased funds for child protection and for people with disabilities.
She also campaigned for equal rights before the law for same sex couples and sought to have South Australia"s once ground breaking Equal Opportunity law updated.
Reynolds was described by Greg Kelton, the senior political writer with Adelaide"s only daily newspaper as having "a finely tuned social conscience and has not been scared to tackle humanitarian issues such as refugees and asylum seekers". The retirement of fellow Democrat MLC Ian Gilfillan saw Reynolds preselected in the top position of the Democrat ticket, but the party faced a major struggle to retain even one seat.
The party"s vote dropped from 7.3% to 1.8% on election day, and Reynolds duly lost her seat. The loss of both the party"s seats up for re-election saw Sandra Kanck become the only remaining Democrat MLC in the Legislative Council.
Reynolds now works as a freelance facilitator, trainer and writer in organisational development and is writing a second book on community management.
