Frank Stewart Scott

Canadian politician
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IntroCanadian politician
PlacesCanada
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth23 August 1879, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Death13 February 1943Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (aged 63 years)
Politics:Conservative Party Of Canada
The details

Biography

Frank Stewart Scott (August 23, 1879 – February 13, 1943) was a Canadian shoe manufacturer and politician.

Born in Galt, Ontario, the son of Frank A. Scott and Mary Stewart, Scott graduated from the Galt Collegiate Institute. In 1897, he started working for the Galt Knitting Company. In 1899, he started a shoe manufacturing company with a partner, Edwin J. Getty. In 1906 the company, Getty & Scott Shoe Co. Ltd, was incorporated. In 1912, Scott became the sole owner and renamed the firm, Scott Shoe Company. In 1904, he married Minnie L. Weir.

From 1907 to 1908, he was a member of the Galt municipal council. He was reeve from 1909 to 1911 and mayor from 1912 to 1913. From 1908 to 1911, he was a member of the Waterloo County council and was reeve of Waterloo County from 1910 to 1911.

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Waterloo South in a 1915 by-election called after the death of George Adam Clare. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1917 election. he was defeated in the 1921 election. Scott died in Galt at the age of 63.

Electoral Record

Canadian federal election, 1921: Waterloo South
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
ProgressiveWilliam Elliott7,42952.85
ConservativeFrank Stewart Scott6,62947.15-9.83
Total valid votes14,058100.0
Progressive gainSwing
Canadian federal election, 1917: Waterloo South
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
Government (Unionist)Frank Stewart Scott5,68156.98
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Adam Thomson2,89429.02
LabourThomas Hall1,39614.00
Total valid votes9,971100.0
Government (Unionist) holdSwing
Canadian federal by-election, February 1, 1915: Waterloo South
Death of George Adam Clare
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
ConservativeFrank Stewart Scottacclaimed
Total valid votes
Conservative holdSwing
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