Scott Brison

The Honourable
Scott Brison
PC
President of the Treasury Board
In office
November 4, 2015 – January 14, 2019
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byTony Clement
Succeeded byJane Philpott
Minister of Public Works and Government Services
In office
July 20, 2004 – February 6, 2006
Prime MinisterPaul Martin
Preceded byStephen Owen
Succeeded byMichael Fortier
Member of Parliament
for Kings—Hants
In office
November 27, 2000 – February 10, 2019
Preceded byJoe Clark
Succeeded byKody Blois
In office
June 2, 1997 – July 24, 2000
Preceded byJohn Murphy
Succeeded byJoe Clark
Personal details
Born (1967-05-10) May 10, 1967 (age 57)
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political partyLiberal (2003–present)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Conservative (1997–2003)
Spouse
Maxime Saint-Pierre
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(m. 2007)​
Alma materDalhousie University

Scott A. Brison PC (born May 10, 1967) is a former Canadian politician from Nova Scotia. Brison served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kings-Hants from the 1997 federal election until July 2000, then from November 2000 to February 2019. He was the first openly gay MP to sit as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 2003, just days after the Progressive Conservatives and the more socially conservative Canadian Alliance voted to merge into the Conservative Party of Canada, Brison crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party.

Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Brison graduated from Dalhousie University. After entering Parliament in 2000, he served as the Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2004 until 2006 in the Paul Martin government. In 2005, he was named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) of Davos, Switzerland, as one of its "Young Global Leaders".[1] In Opposition from 2006 to 2013, Brison has served as the Liberal Party's Finance Critic. He was President of the Treasury Board of Canada in Justin Trudeau's ministry until January 2019.

Brison announced on January 10, 2019, that he would not be standing in the 2019 federal election and stepped down from cabinet.[2] On February 6, 2019, he announced he was resigning his seat in the House of Commons of Canada effective February 10, 2019.[3] After leaving politics, Brison became Bank of Montreal's vice-chair of investment and corporate banking[4] and is a member of the Canadian American Business Council's advisory board.[5]

  1. ^ "A generation of change" (PSF). World Economic Forum. 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Scott Brison resigns from federal Liberal cabinet | Globalnews.ca".
  3. ^ "Former Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison stepping down as MP effective next week | Globalnews.ca".
  4. ^ "Scott Brison takes job with Bank of Montreal, weeks after resigning from cabinet". CBC.ca. The Canadian Press. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  5. ^ "Who We Are". CABC. Retrieved 2021-08-28.