16 Facts About Scott Tannas

Scott Alfred Tannas was born on February 25,1962 and is a Canadian senator and, since November 5,2019, leader of the Canadian Senators Group, a parliamentary caucus.

Scott Tannas was elected as a senator-in-waiting in the 2012 Alberta Senate nominee election, and appointed to the Senate following the retirement of Senator Bert Brown on March 22,2013.

Scott Tannas was born in High River, Alberta, Canada on February 25,1962.

Scott Tannas has spent the majority of his life in High River, except for a 2-year period, where his parents served with the Canadian International Development Agency in Uganda.

Scott Tannas attended and graduated from Ecole Senator Riley School in 1979.

Scott Tannas worked the local dance club scene as a DJ and was known for his sound system and light show.

At the age of 26, Scott Tannas got a job in the tourism industry working at the Banff Springs Hotel.

Scott Tannas attended both Mount Royal College, and the University of Calgary.

Scott Tannas had accumulated enough capital to move back to his hometown of High River and purchased Hi-Alta Agencies, an established insurance firm in town, which had been operating since 1905.

That same year, Scott Tannas started The Western Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization created to support the communities in which Western Financial Group operates.

Scott Tannas is an honorary board member of SOS Children's Villages - Canada.

In 2012, Scott Tannas stood as a candidate in Alberta's Senate nominee election, as a Progressive Conservative.

Scott Tannas placed second out of three available positions, and was named a "senator-in-waiting".

On his appointment, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that Scott Tannas was supportive of the government's efforts at Senate reform, including imposing term limits on senators.

On November 4,2019, Scott Tannas became one of eleven senators who founded the Canadian Senators Group, a non-partisan parliamentary group in the Senate.

Scott Tannas said that he had followed all the rules and health protocols required to undertake international travel and that he would shortly be returning to Alberta.