Donald W. Scott (May 19, 1924 – December 6, 2011[1]) was a schoolteacher, writer and sometime political candidate based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.[2][3] He was a graduate of the University of Toronto, held a Master of Science degree from Guelph University, and was self-educated in the field of degenerative diseases.[4][5] Scott was a candidate for both the New Democratic Party and the Canadian Action Party, and formed a short-lived party called Ontario Options in the mid-1990s.