Neil Reimer (July 3, 1921 – March 29, 2011) was an activist, trade unionist and politician in Canada.
[1] Reimer became president of the newly founded New Democratic Party of Alberta in 1962 and was elected its first leader in 1963.
[2] The NDP's predecessor, the Alberta CCF, had lost its remaining two seats in the 1959 provincial election and received only 4% of the vote.
[3][4] He then served as the president[5][6] and later as secretary treasurer of the Alberta Council on Aging.
[7] His daughter, Janice Rhea Reimer, served as mayor of Edmonton from 1989 to 1995.