Andy Scott
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Andy Scott (born March 16, 1955) is a Liberal Member of the Canadian Parliament representing Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is a member the Cabinet of Canada, presently serving as the eighteenth Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
In the late 1980s he was a senior civil servant with the provincial Liberal government of Frank McKenna. He ran for in the 1993 federal election, and won convincingly, becoming the first Liberal MP elected from Fredericton in 40 years.
He was re-elected in the 1997 election and was named Solicitor General of Canada. In 1998, New Democratic Party MP Dick Proctor said he overheard Scott on an airplane talking about several sensitive national matters, including the then-ongoing Vancouver APEC inquiry. Scott was alleged to have stated that several RCMP officers (who had used pepper spray against protesters) would take the blame at the end of it all. He denied prejudging the outcome, but later resigned his post as Solicitor General.
In a bizarre incident in the fall of 2003, Scott was hospitalised after being physically assaulted by a constituent angry over his government's support for same sex marriage.
Scott returned to the Cabinet in December 2003, when he was named Minister of State for Infrastructure by Paul Martin. Following the 2004 Canadian election he was promoted to the position of Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
| 27th Ministry - Government of Paul Martin | ||
| Cabinet Posts (2) | ||
| Preceded by: Andy Mitchell | Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2004-) | Succeeded by: (incumbent) |
| Minister of State (Infrastructure) (2003-2004) | ||
| Special Cabinet Responsibilities | ||
| Preceded by: Denis Coderre | Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians (2004-) | Succeeded by: (incumbent) |
| 26th Ministry - Government of Jean Chrétien | ||
| Cabinet Posts (1) | ||
| Preceded by: Herb Gray | Solicitor General of Canada (1997-1998) | Succeeded by: Lawrence MacAulay |