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, which was the highest percentage vote ever garnered by a Libertarian Party of Canada candidate, either then or since. 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 New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and Saint John Times-Globe 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