Andy Scott (politician)

Robert Andrew "Andy" Keith Scott, PC (March 16, 1955 – June 24, 2013) was a Liberal Member of Parliament representing the electoral district of Fredericton. He was a member the Cabinet of Canada, most recently serving as the eighteenth Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2004–2006).

The Honourable
Andy Scott
Member of Parliament
for Fredericton
In office
October 25, 1993 – October 14, 2008
Preceded byBud Bird
Succeeded byKeith Ashfield
Personal details
Born
Robert Andrew Keith Scott

(1955-03-16)March 16, 1955
Fredericton, New Brunswick
DiedJune 24, 2013(2013-06-24) (aged 58)
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Political partyLiberal
SpouseDenise Cameron Scott
Children3
Residence(s)Fredericton, New Brunswick
Professionpublic servant

Early life

Scott was born in 1955 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and grew up in Barker's Point, a working-class neighbourhood. He was the only son in a family of four children. His parents both supported the Liberal Party, with his father especially an avid volunteer. The family business involved making cement blocks and fireplaces for houses. His father also volunteered for a summer camp for disabled children.[1]

Political career

In the late 1980s he was a senior civil servant with the provincial Liberal government of Frank McKenna. He ran for in the 1993 federal election, and won convincingly, becoming the first Liberal MP elected from Fredericton in 40 years.

He was re-elected in the 1997 election and was named Solicitor General of Canada. In 1998, New Democratic Party MP Dick Proctor said he overheard Scott on an airplane talking about several sensitive national matters, including the then-ongoing Vancouver Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) inquiry. Scott was alleged to have stated that several Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers (who had used pepper spray against protesters) would take the blame at the end of it all. He denied prejudging the outcome, but later resigned his post as Solicitor General.

In an incident in the fall of 2003, Scott was hospitalised after being physically assaulted by a constituent angry over his government's support for same sex marriage.

Scott returned to the Cabinet in December 2003, when he was named Minister of State for Infrastructure by Paul Martin. Following the 2004 federal election he was promoted to the position of Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

On March 5, 2007, he announced that he would not seek reelection in the 2008 federal election.

After politics

On October 22, 2008, it was announced that Andy Scott would assume a research post in social policy at the University of New Brunswick.[2]

Death

Scott died of cancer on June 24, 2013, at the age of 58, from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[1][3]

Electoral history
2006 Canadian federal election: Fredericton
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAndy Scott19,64941.80-4.95$63,544.32
ConservativePat Lynch16,29234.66+1.18$57,563.68
New DemocraticJohn Carty9,98821.25+3.89$33,143.96
GreenPhilip Duchastel8841.88-0.47none listed
IndependentDavid Raymond Amos1980.42–none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,011100.0   $75,043
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 2070.44
Turnout 47,21867.99
Eligible voters 69,453
Liberal hold Swing -3.06
2004 Canadian federal election: Fredericton
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAndy Scott19,81946.75+8.97$60,726.40
ConservativeKent Fox14,19333.48-21.22$61,658.27
New DemocraticJohn Carty7,36017.36+10.41$21,188.88
GreenDaron Letts9972.35–$1,194.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit 42,396100.0   $73,437
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 2640.62
Turnout 42,63361.82
Eligible voters 68,968
Liberal notional hold Swing +15.10
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
2000 Canadian federal election: Fredericton
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAndy Scott14,17538.60+4.48
Progressive ConservativeRaj Venugopal10,91929.73-0.44
AllianceAllan Neill8,81424.00+2.24
New DemocraticMichael Dunn2,5847.04-6.02
Natural LawWilliam Parker2330.63-0.26
Total valid votes 36,725100.00
Rejected ballots 2130.58
Turnout 36,93862.8

Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the 1997 results of its predecessors, the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election: Fredericton
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAndy Scott12,25234.12-12.54
Progressive ConservativeCleveland Allaby10,83530.17+0.95
ReformMark McCready7,81521.76+4.74
New DemocraticPatricia Hughes4,68913.06+8.06
Natural LawJeanne Geldart3210.89+0.07
Total valid votes 35,912 100.00

Change from 1993 is not based on redistributed results.

1993 Canadian federal election: Fredericton
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAndy Scott21,86846.66+6.94
Progressive ConservativeBud Bird13,69629.22-13.76
ReformJack Lamey7,97717.02Ø
New DemocraticPauline MacKenzie2,3435.00-5.32
Natural LawNeil Dickie3820.82Ø
Canada PartySteven Gillrie3730.80Ø
IndependentDoreen Fraser2260.48-5.30
Total valid votes 46 865100.00

Doreen Fraser was nominated as a Confederation of Regions candidate, but was listed as an Independent because that party did not run enough candidates to be officially recognized.

References
  1. Mackrael, Kim (July 13, 2013). "New Brunswick's voice in Ottawa: Whether at a formal policy meeting or at the farmers' market in Fredericton, the MP always wanted to hear constituents' concerns", The Globe and Mail, p. S12.
  2. "Andy Scott to lead new social policy research network at the University of New Brunswick"
  3. "Former cabinet minister Andy Scott dies in Fredericton". CBC News. June 25, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
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