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Scot Davidson

Canadian politician

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Scot Davidson is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament for the riding of York, South Simcoe as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada since 2019.

01Background

Davidson was born in Georgina, Ontario. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from York University.

02Political career

On October 20, 2018, Davidson won the Conservative nomination for the 2019 York, Simcoe federal by-election, which was held to fill the seat vacated by Peter Van Loan’s retirement. Davidson won the seat in the by-election, and retained it in the general election in October. He was re-elected in the 2021 and 2025 elections. He was elected joint chair of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.

03Electoral record

2025 Canadian federal election: New Tecumseth, Gwillimbury
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scot Davidson	39,247	59.35	+11.68
	Liberal	Mike Hanrahan	24,444	36.97	+6.70
	New Democratic	Nancy Morrison	1,226	1.85	, 11.20
	Green	Callum McKinnon	712	1.08	, 0.16
	People's	Paul Montague	496	0.75	, 6.74
Total valid votes			66,125	99.34
Total rejected ballots			442	0.66	-0.15
Turnout			66,567	68.45	+11.43
Eligible voters			97,255
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		+2.49
Source: Elections Canada

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

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

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

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