Reid was first elected to the Alberta legislature in the 1921 election when the UFA was first elected. He served in UFA cabinets for the next thirteen years, including a decade as provincial treasurer. He became Premier after his predecessor, John E. Brownlee, was forced to resign by a sex scandal.
By the time Reid took office in 1934, the UFA government had become very conservative, and was at odds with the United Farmers of Alberta executive who had decided to support the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and its socialist policies. Conversely, the Reid government was also being challenged by the growing Canadian social credit movement and its demand for social credit and other monetary reforms. Reid's party was unable to maintain the support of voters and was swept from office in the 1935 election by William Aberhart's Social Credit party.
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Alberta legislative assembly (http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/premiers/reid.htm)
Richard Gavin Reid was born on January 17, 1879, at Glasgow, Scotland.
RichardG. Reid attended Hutchinson's Grammar School in Glasgow and was a Presbyterian.
Prior to his election as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, RichardG. Reid served on the Mannville Hospital Board, was a member of the Buffalo Coulee Municipal Council, served as Reeve of the Buffalo Coulee Council, and was President of the Battle River United Farmers of Alberta political association.
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