Frank Reid

Clifford Frank Reid (February 11, 1946–October 20, 2022) was a Canadian professional football player and politician. He played for the Ottawa Rough Riders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and played college football at the University at Buffalo. After his football career, he spent 11 years on Nepean City Council, including six years as a member of the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council.

The son of Clifford and Kathleen Reid, He later entered politics, running twice unsuccessfully for a spot on Nepean City Council before being elected in 1980. At the time of the 1980 election, he was a tax consultant and promised to "improve rapport between business and council, provide more activities for youth and improve long-range road planning". He served on city council until 1991, and also as an Ottawa-Carleton regional councillor for Nepean from 1985 to 1991.

As of the 1991 election, he was separated from his wife Connie, and he was living with regional councillor Fiona Faucher. He ran against Tupper again for the Tory nomination in the 1988 Canadian federal election in the new riding of Nepean, but lost again, 717 votes to 427. Reid ran for the nomination again in the 1993 Canadian federal election, but lost to Donna Hicks by just two votes on the second ballot.

Death Reid died of cancer in 2022.