Neil Reynolds

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

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. Reynolds is credited with making the Whig Standard one of Canada's best newspapers. It attracted journalists from much larger dailies and won a string of major awards. 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. In May 1982, he became the party's leader, but resigned in 1983 in order to continue his career in journalism.

Reynolds became editor-in-chief of the Saint John Telegraph Journal in 1992. 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. 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.

[edit] Family

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

[edit] External links

• Black's New Look Ottawa Citizen 1997 Maclean's feature concentrates on Reynolds and his career.

Preceded by: Linda Cain

Libertarian Party of Canada leaders 1982-1983

Succeeded by: Victor Levis