Chester Reynolds

Chester Ambrose Reynolds (September 24, 1902 – May 1, 1983) was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta.

Reynolds was born September 24, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois to William Francis Reynolds (1863–1949) and Elizabeth Frances Reynolds ( Crowe; 1872–1949).

The family immigrated to Canada in 1906; he was educated in Gadsby, Alberta.

On June 29, 1938, Reynolds married Helen Long of Lacombe, Alberta.

He is the grandfather of actor Ryan Reynolds.

He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1944, sitting as a Social Credit member from the constituency of Stettler.

Reynolds was elected in the 1940 Alberta general election to the 9th Alberta Legislature for the constituency of Stettler as a member of the Social Credit Party.

Reynolds received slightly over 50 percent of the vote, defeating his Independent opponent L. V. Lohr by 817 votes, and the Co-operative Commonwealth candidate H. H. Turner by 1,884 votes.

Reynolds did not contest the 1944 Alberta general election.