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Frank Stewart Scott

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Frank Stewart Scott
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Waterloo South
In office
1915–1921
Preceded byGeorge Adam Clare
Succeeded byWilliam Elliott
Personal details
Born(1879-08-23)August 23, 1879
Galt, Ontario, Canada
DiedFebruary 13, 1943(1943-02-13) (aged 63)
Galt, Ontario, Canada
Political partyConservative

Frank Stewart Scott (August 23, 1879 – February 13, 1943) was a Canadian shoe manufacturer and politician.[1]

Born in Galt, Ontario,[1] 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.[2] In 1904, he married Minnie L. Weir.[3]

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.[2]

He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada 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.[1] Scott died in Galt at the age of 63.[3]

Electoral record

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1921 Canadian federal election: Waterloo South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Elliott 7,429 52.85
Conservative Frank Stewart Scott 6,629 47.15 -9.83
Total valid votes 14,058 100.0
Progressive gain Swing
Source(s)
"Waterloo South, Ontario (1867-1968)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
1917 Canadian federal election: Waterloo South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Government (Unionist) Frank Stewart Scott 5,681 56.98
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Adam Thomson 2,894 29.02
Labour Thomas Hall 1,396 14.00
Total valid votes 9,971 100.0
Government (Unionist) hold Swing
Source(s)
"Waterloo South, Ontario (1867-1968)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
Canadian federal by-election, February 1, 1915: Waterloo South
Death of George Adam Clare
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Stewart Scott acclaimed
Total valid votes
Conservative hold Swing
Source(s)
"Waterloo South, Ontario (1867-1968)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Frank Stewart Scott – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ a b "Hall of Fame Member: Francis Stewart Scott". City of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  3. ^ a b Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.