successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title name occupation
incumbent vancouver , british columbia liberal speaker for richmond east of the legislative assembly of british columbia mla 27 june 1959 june 26 , 2013 1991 richmond , b.c. linda reid
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linda reid

linda reid is a canadian politician .
she serves as speaker of the legislative assembly of british columbia .
she was first elected in 1991 to represent the riding of richmond east and was re-elected in 1996 , 2001 , 2005 , 2009 , 2013 .
reid served as minister of state for childcare from june 2005 to june 2009 and the minister of state for early childhood development from june 2001 to june 2005 .
she also served as the deputy speaker from 2009 until 2013 .
