Geoffrey Douglas Scott (March 2, 1938 — August 5, 2021) was a former journalist and

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for the riding of Hamilton—Wentworth. He was a member of the

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caucus. The riding of Hamilton-Wentworth became open when Tory incumbent Sean O'Sullivan resigned to become a

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priest in 1977. Scott won it in a by-election held on October 16, 1978, and remained in office until 1993. In his teenage years, Scott was a budding

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

, a talent he occasionally displayed, but only on request, during his political career. He formed a partnership with another budding impressionist,

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, in the mid-1950s. For many years, prior to becoming a politician, Scott worked as a political television reporter and commentator in Ottawa's Parliamentary Press Gallery for CHCH Television (now

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) of Hamilton and CFCF TV-12 (now CFCF-DT) of Montreal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Geoffrey Scott, Geoffroy Scott, Geoffroy Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario