Frank Stewart Scott | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Waterloo South | |
In office 1915–1921 | |
Preceded by | George Adam Clare |
Succeeded by | William Elliott |
Personal details | |
Born | Galt, Ontario, Canada | August 23, 1879
Died | February 13, 1943 Galt, Ontario, Canada | (aged 63)
Political party | Conservative |
Frank Stewart Scott (August 23, 1879 – February 13, 1943) was a Canadian shoe manufacturer and politician.[1]
Born in Galt, Ontario,[1] the son of Frank A. Scott and Mary Stewart, Scott graduated from the Galt Collegiate Institute. In 1897, he started working for the Galt Knitting Company. In 1899, he started a shoe manufacturing company with a partner, Edwin J. Getty. In 1906 the company, Getty & Scott Shoe Co. Ltd, was incorporated. In 1912, Scott became the sole owner and renamed the firm, Scott Shoe Company.[2] In 1904, he married Minnie L. Weir.[3]
From 1907 to 1908, he was a member of the Galt municipal council. He was reeve from 1909 to 1911 and mayor from 1912 to 1913. From 1908 to 1911, he was a member of the Waterloo County council and was reeve of Waterloo County from 1910 to 1911.[2]
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Waterloo South in a 1915 by-election called after the death of George Adam Clare. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1917 election. he was defeated in the 1921 election.[1] Scott died in Galt at the age of 63.[3]