About A. J. Reid
Lived 1909 – 1993 (aged 83–84). A. J. Reid was a Canadian politician.
Anthony (Tony) John Reid (ca 1909
Born in East Kildonan, Manitoba, Reid worked 42 years for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative J.E. Willis by 111 votes in the northeast Winnipeg constituency of Kildonan. He was re-elected over Willis by 148 votes in the 1959 election, despite a provincial swing to the Progressive Conservatives.
During the 1962 provincial election, the, PC candidate James Mills defeated Reid by only four votes after two recounts on January 4, 1963, after a judicial recount.
Reid was known as a maverick who drifted from the CCF line on some issues. After 1963, he returned to municipal politics as an alderman for East Kildonan.
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Who was A. J. Reid?
Canadian politician
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A. J. Reid was born in 1909.
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A. J. Reid died on 9 February 1993.
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A. J. Reid was a politician.
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A. J. Reid was Canadian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). A. J. Reid. https://biography.guide/a-j-reid/
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