Patrick J. Scott, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Patrick J. Scott

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1848

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1899

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Patrick J. Scott

  • Patrick J.
  • Scott (December 25, 1848 – October 22, 1899) was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland.
  • He represented St.
  • John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1872 to 1882, from 1885 to 1889 and from 1894 to 1897. He was born in St.
  • John's and educated at Saint Bonaventure's College.
  • He studied law with George James Hogsett and John Little and was admitted to the Newfoundland bar in 1874.
  • Scott married Eleanor Margaret Little, the sister of Joseph Ignatius Little, in 1882.
  • He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1889 and in 1893 and in an 1890 by-election in St.
  • John's East.
  • He was elected again in an 1894 by-election held after several Liberals elected in 1893 were forced to resign.
  • Scott was named to the Executive Council as receiver general in 1894.
  • He was defeated when he chose to run in Placentia and St.
  • Mary's in the 1897 general election.
  • He died in St.
  • John's of heart failure at the age of 50.

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