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'''George Adam Scott''' (December 11, 1874 – 1963) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was born in either Portage la Prairie<ref name="archivescanada">[http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=1143478259019_206_191_57_199&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=134234&rt=1&bill=1 Archives Canada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041639/http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=1143478259019_206_191_57_199&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=134234&rt=1&bill=1 |date=2015-09-24 }} - George Adam Scott fonds.</ref> or Winnipeg, Manitoba,<ref name="storyofsask">[http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=165258&qryID=8f527956-893e-46ab-9ae6-7967ef0c2c32 The Story of Saskatchewan and its People] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414131554/http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=165258&qryID=8f527956-893e-46ab-9ae6-7967ef0c2c32 |date=2020-04-14 }}, Volume III, John Hawkes, 1924</ref> to John and Jane (Bell) Scott, the fifth of eight children. His father was an active member of the Liberal Party, and once ran for public office, but lost.<ref name="storyofsask"/> His cousin Walter Scott served as premier of Saskatchewan.<ref name="quiring"/>
After finishing elementary school in Springfield, Manitoba, Scott attended the Collegiate Institute at Hartney, Manitoba, and later a similar institute in Brandon, Manitoba. He prepared for a teaching profession at the Normal School of Winnipeg, after which he taught for seven years, three of which he was the principal of the public schools of Wawanesa, Manitoba. He then moved to Regina, Saskatchewan to work for the Western Farm & Hail Insurance Company. This lasted for one year, after which he moved to Davidson, Saskatchewan to homestead.<ref name="storyofsask"/>
While in Davidson, Scott became active for politics, and was elected as a Liberal to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the newly created constituency of Arm River in 1908.<ref name="storyofsask"/> He held the riding for 5 consecutive terms spanning 20 years, and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1919 until 1925.<ref name="saskarchives">[http://www.saskarchives.com/services-government/seld Saskatchewan Executive and Legislative Directory]</ref> He retired from the Legislature in 1928 after being named income tax inspector for Regina,<ref name="quiring">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y746xOWGfcUC&pg=PA207 |title=Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present |page=207 |last=Quiring |first=Brett |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center Press |ISBN=0889771650 |year=2004 |accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref> and in the subsequent by-election, Liberal Thomas Frederick Waugh was elected as member for Arm River.<ref name="saskarchives"/> During this time he also served as chairman of the Davidson board of education.<ref name="storyofsask"/>
After retiring from the Legislature, he worked for 15 years as an inspector for the Saskatchewan tax department, after which he retired to Alberta, living in Bassino, Lethbridge, and finally Calgary in 1958.<ref name="archivescanada"/>
He was married to Elta Mary Elliot (?-1960) and had five children: Jean (Belcher), Claire (Elliott), Walter E., John Wilfrid, and James McNeal.<ref name="archivescanada"/><ref name="storyofsask"/> Scott was a Mason, being the first master of the Davidson Lodge, a member of the United Church, and an avid curler, having won the grand challenge cup a number of times.<ref name="storyofsask"/>
Scott died in Calgary.<ref name="quiring"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, George Adam}} Category:Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Category:Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs Category:1874 births Category:1963 deaths Category:People from Davidson, Saskatchewan Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan