22 Facts About Scott Brison

Scott A Brison was born on May 10,1967 and is a former Canadian politician from Nova Scotia.

Scott Brison 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, Scott Brison crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party.

In Opposition from 2006 to 2013, Scott Brison has served as the Liberal Party's Finance Critic.

Scott Brison was President of the Treasury Board of Canada in Justin Trudeau's ministry until January 2019.

Scott Brison announced on January 10,2019, that he would not be standing in the 2019 federal election and stepped down from cabinet.

Scott Brison was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Verna Patricia and Clifford Scott Brison, who ran a grocery store.

Scott Brison attended Hants West Rural High School and then obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Scott Brison was one of a handful of new PC "Young Turk" MPs who were considered the future youthful leadership material that would restore the ailing Tories to their glory days.

In July 2000, Scott Brison resigned his seat so that PC leader Joe Clark could enter the House of Commons.

In 2003, following Clark's retirement, Scott Brison ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives on a platform of "new ideas", that consisted of Employment Insurance reform, more private involvement in health care, integrated defence strategy with the US, and socially liberal policies.

Scott Brison fought publicly with other members of his party, particularly Elsie Wayne, over their opposition to same-sex marriage.

On December 10,2003, four days after Scott Brison voted in favour of the PCs merging with the Canadian Alliance to form the new Conservative Party of Canada, Scott Brison announced that he would cross the floor and sit as a Liberal MP.

Scott Brison stated that he had reservations about the perceived dominance of former members of the more socially conservative Canadian Alliance in the new party.

Scott Brison was criticized for this move especially because he had actively supported the merger when it was first proposed.

Scott Brison claimed his enthusiasm for the merger had become discernibly lukewarm in the final weeks before the vote.

Scott Brison indicated that he would honour his prior commitment to support the proposal, but said that he would reconsider his allegiance once the results were announced.

On July 20,2004, Scott Brison was named to cabinet as Minister of Public Works in Martin's post-election shuffle.

Scott Brison is a member of the Canada-US Inter-Parliamentary Group and has served as the vice-president of the Canadian group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union where he took part in conferences in Moscow and New York.

Scott Brison was part of the Canadian delegation sent to two annual meetings of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London.

Scott Brison dropped out and threw his support behind Bob Rae.

When Bob Rae dropped out on the third ballot and released his delegates, Scott Brison opted to support the politically similar Michael Ignatieff.