Lynda Marie Scott is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Early life

Scott trained as a nurse in

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and then became a doctor in

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. She worked as a

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. For a time, she also served as a director of Blenheim radio company Marlborough Media, which owned

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and

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Member of Parliament

Scott was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 election, winning the South Island seat of Kaikoura. She replaced

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, a long-serving National MP who had opted to become a

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. In 2002, she became National's spokesperson for health. On 21 July 2004, however, she announced that she would retire from politics at the next election, returning to her "first love", medicine.

References

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