Scot Davidson is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on February 25, 2019.[2] He represents the electoral district of York—Simcoe as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.[2]
Scot Davidson | |
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| Member of Parliament for York—Simcoe | |
| Assumed office February 25, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Van Loan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Georgina, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Duclos Point, Ontario[1] |
Political career
editScot Davidson, Heather Fullerton, and Jason Verkaik sought the Conservative nomination for the 2019 York—Simcoe federal by-election.[3] In a nomination meeting on October 20, Scot Davidson was declared the Conservative candidate.[4] Davidson won the seat in the by election, and held it in the general election in October.
Electoral record
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: York—Simcoe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Scot Davidson | 24,900 | 50.0 | +3.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Daniella Johnson | 14,469 | 29.0 | +2.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Benjamin Jenkins | 6,800 | 13.6 | -0.6 | ||||
| People's | Michael Lotter | 3,662 | 7.3 | +5.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,831 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 466 | |||||||
| Turnout | 50,297 | 53.74 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,596 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: York—Simcoe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Scot Davidson | 24,918 | 46.3 | 7.61 | $56,801.81 | |||
| Liberal | Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux | 14,407 | 26.8 | 2.24 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Jessa McLean | 7,620 | 14.2 | 6.69 | none listed | |||
| Green | Jonathan Arnold | 4,650 | 8.6 | 5.58 | $6,288.49 | |||
| Libertarian | Keith Komar | 1,311 | 2.4 | 1.83 | none listed | |||
| People's | Michael Lotter | 875 | 1.6 | 0.30 | $223.47 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,781 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 497 | |||||||
| Turnout | 54,278 | 60.7 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,360 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.68 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: York—Simcoe Resignation of Peter Van Loan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Scot Davidson | 8,929 | 53.91 | 3.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Shaun Tanaka | 4,811 | 29.04 | 8.72 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jessa McLean | 1,244 | 7.51 | 1.38 | ||||
| Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 634 | 3.83 | -- | ||||
| Green | Mathew Lund | 451 | 2.72 | 0.37 | ||||
| People's | Robert Geurts | 314 | 1.90 | -- | ||||
| Libertarian | Keith Dean Komar | 95 | 0.57 | -- | ||||
| Independent | John The Engineer Turmel | 64 | 0.39 | -- | ||||
| National Citizens Alliance | Adam Suhr | 22 | 0.13 | -- | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 16,564 | 99.43 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 95 | 0.57 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 16,659 | 20.03 | -43.23 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,179 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.19 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "Scot Davidson keeps York-Simcoe riding Tory blue". Toronto Star, February 25, 2019.
- ^ Heidi, Riedner (September 12, 2018). "York-Simcoe Tory nomination garners 3 bids for federal riding". Georgina Advocate. YorkRegion.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
- ^ King, Miriam (October 24, 2018). "Conservative Party votes in new York-Simcoe representative". BarrieToday.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. February 28, 2019. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019.
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