Gordon Wallace Scott (1 October 1887 – 14 December 1940) was a Canadian politician. Born in

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, Scott appointed

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in the cabinet of

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (; March 5, 1867 – July 6, 1952) was the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. He was a member of the Parti libéral du Québec. Early life Taschereau was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Jean-Thoma ...

on October 16, 1930. He was the unusucessful

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candidate for the riding of

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in a

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held on November 4, 1930, losing to Martin Fisher. He held the role of Treasurer until November 27. He was appointed to the

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for Wellington on November 13, 1930, and was made a minister without portfolio as well. He resigned on August 4, 1931, to run as the Liberal candidate in the riding of

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in the 1931 election. He was defeated by

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and was re-appointed to the Legislative Council on June 17, 1932, for the Victoria division. He died while in office on December 14, 1940, during the rescue operations carried out in the

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after the sinking of the steamer ''Western Prince'' by the German submarine U-96 during

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. He was accompanying

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to Britain to examine the British war effort and Canada's assistance to it, and was killed trying to climb from the lifeboat to the rescuing ship (Howe survived).

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