Reid Scott was a lawyer and provincial judge in Canada, and a New Democratic Party of Member of Parliament for the Danforth electoral district, in Toronto, from 1962 to 1968, leaving federal politics when his riding disappeared due to redistribution.
12 Facts About Reid Scott
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Reid Scott had previously served as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Provincial Parliament for the Beaches constituency from 1948 to 1951.
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Reid Scott returned to politics in 1969 as a Toronto city alderman.
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Reid Scott ran for federal office in the 1962 election and was elected as the NDP candidate for Danforth.
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Reid Scott's efforts secured a majority on the committee in favour of what became the new flag of Canada.
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Reid Scott was the last surviving member of the Parliamentary Committee that selected the design of the new flag.
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Reid Scott did not stand in the 1968 Canadian federal election.
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Reid Scott led the effort in the 1969 Toronto municipal election to introduce party politics into the municipal level by leading a slate of 13 NDP candidates for city council.
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Reid Scott stood for the position of Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto after Albert Campbell stepped down due to ill health.
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Reid Scott came in second in the vote by Metropolitan Toronto Council, losing to Paul Godfrey on the second ballot, receiving 11 votes to Godfrey's 17 and third place candidate Ken Morrish's 3.
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Reid Scott resigned from Toronto City Council on August 9,1976 to accept an appointment as a provincial court judge.
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The next year, Reid Scott announced that he was joining the Liberal Party of Canada because of his admiration of Stephane Dion as well as the Liberal leader's advocacy of a carbon tax.