Scot Davidson

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Scot Davidson
MP
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Member of Parliament
for York—Simcoe
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 25, 2019
Preceded byPeter Van Loan
Personal details
BornGeorgina, Ontario
Political partyConservative
ResidenceDuclos Point, Ontario[1]

Scot Davidson MP 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]

Political career[]

Scot 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[]

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 Decrease7.61 $56,801.81
Liberal Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux 14,407 26.8 Decrease2.24 none listed
New Democratic Jessa McLean 7,620 14.2 Increase6.69 none listed
Green Jonathan Arnold 4,650 8.6 Increase5.58 $6,288.49
Libertarian Keith Komar 1,311 2.4 Increase1.83 none listed
People's Michael Lotter 875 1.6 Decrease0.30 $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 Decrease2.68
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 Increase3.66
Liberal Shaun Tanaka 4,811 29.04 Decrease8.72
New Democratic Jessa McLean 1,244 7.51 Decrease1.38
Progressive Canadian Dorian Baxter 634 3.83 --
Green Mathew Lund 451 2.72 Decrease0.37
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[]

  1. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Scot Davidson keeps York-Simcoe riding Tory blue". Toronto Star, February 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Heidi, Riedner (September 12, 2018). "York-Simcoe Tory nomination garners 3 bids for federal riding". Georgina Advocate. YorkRegion.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  4. ^ King, Miriam (October 24, 2018). "Conservative Party votes in new York-Simcoe representative". BarrieToday.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  5. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
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