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♂ Ian Gilmour Scott
aliasIan Scott
Record
55696 · 2787

☆   Gay (openly) ∞5
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 1 4
Birth 13 July 1934 → 89 years + 9 months ago
Lived 72 years + 2 months
First mandate 2 May 1985 → 38 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 9 months
Death 10 October 2006 → 17 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 1 month after 8 September 1992
Special notes
Scott came out after he left the legislature.
 
Ian Gilmour Scott (1934–2006)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Andrew G. Blair (1844–1907) Great-grandfather  
⊖ Richard W. Scott (1825–1913) Great-grandfather  
⊖ William W. Sullivan (1839–1920) Great-grandfather  
⊕ John A. Yakabuski (1957–) Brother-in-law
⊖ Paul J. Yakabuski (1922–1987) Father-in-law
 
Well that's interesting!
That Scott was gay was an open secret while he was in office, but he spoke of it openly only after he had left politics. He opposed same-sex marriage on the grounds that it reflected the values of a society which, for years, treated homosexuals as pariahs, but he later expressed regret that his government did not introduce spousal benefits for same-sex couples.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 7 4 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Kenneth L. Campbell  m 
⊕ Barbara Hall  f 
⊕ Julian H. Porter  m 
 		 ⊕ Susan A. Fish  f 
⊖ Keith C. Norton  m 
⊖ Margaret M.B. Scrivener  f 
 
Eligible: 38,074 Votes: 24,672 Participation: 64.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12267(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 2/4 8,605 35.18% -1,022 Winner:
PC
 9,627 39.36% Margaret M.B. Scrivener
Eligible: 40,574 Votes: 28,171 Participation: 69.43% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12392(F) — 6 Jul 2023 22:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 13,120 46.98% +3,418 Loser:
PC
 9,702 34.74% Julian H. Porter
After his election:
26 Jun 1985 50
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 48,070 Votes: 29,748 Participation: 61.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5667(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 15,051 51.15% +7,055 Loser:
PC
 7,996 27.17% Susan A. Fish

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,653 Votes: 30,151 Participation: 64.63% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5537(F) — 26 Feb 2022 19:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/5 10,718 36.08% +72 Loser:
NDP
 10,646 35.84% Carolann Wright
After his election:
8 Sep 1992 58
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,307 Votes: 17,910 Participation: 44.43% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
35		 Ontario
1 April 1993
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 12016(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LIB
 8,750 49.63% Timothy J. Murphy

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Ian G. Scott		 15 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Ian G. Scott		 15 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ian Scott (Ontario politician)		 15 Apr 2024

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