Education
Scott attended Atlantic Police Academy and Université de Moncton.
Scott attended Atlantic Police Academy and Université de Moncton.
He represented the electoral district of Cumberland South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2010. Scott was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1998 election. He was re-elected in the 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009 elections.
He was elected Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia in August 1999, and served in that role until being appointed to cabinet in February 2006.
Along with his cabinet duties, he was also the minister responsible for the Human Rights Acting, the Regulations Acting, Participant II of the Workers" Compensation Acting, Military Relations, and Nova Scotia Business Incorporated. Scott has been married for 33 years to Linda Scott, an elementary school teacher.
They have two children, Jeremy (a lawyer) and January (a junior high French teacher).
On August 10, 2010, Scott announced that he would retire from politics by the end of 2010. He officially resigned as the Modern Language Association for Cumberland South on September 8, 2010, clearing the way for party leader Jamie Baillie to run in a byelection.
He served as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. As a member of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, Scott served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, and Minister of Economic and Rural Development.