Scot Davidson | |
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| Member of Parliament for New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury York—Simcoe (2019–2025) | |
| Assumed office February 25, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Van Loan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Conservative |
| York University | |
Scot Davidson is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament for the riding of New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada since 2019.
Background
Davidson was born in Georgina, Ontario. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from York University.[1]
Political 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.[2][3] Davidson won the seat in the by-election,[4][5] and retained it in the general election in October.[6] He was re-elected in the 2021 and 2025 elections.[7][8] He was elected joint chair of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Scot Davidson | 39,246 | 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/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 66,124 | 68.34 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 96,762 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | +2.49 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| 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[11] | ||||||||
| 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[12] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: York—Simcoe Resignation of Peter Van Loan | ||||||||
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| 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[13] | ||||||||
References
- King, Miriam (September 14, 2019). "York-Simcoe Conservative candidate Scot Davidson focuses on local issues". BradfordToday. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- 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.
- Cribb, Robert (February 25, 2019). "Scot Davidson keeps York-Simcoe riding Tory blue". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 24, 2025.(subscription required)
- King, Miriam (February 26, 2019). "Trudeau's days are numbered, says newly elected York-Simcoe MP". Newmarket Today. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
- Bowe, Raymond (October 22, 2019). "Simcoe County painted blue in a big way amid Liberal minority". Orillia Matters. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
- Leavitt, Kieran (September 20, 2021). "Conservative Scot Davidson wins re-election in York-Simcoe". Winnipeg Free Press. Edmonton, Alberta. Toronto Star. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- Owen, Michael (April 29, 2025). "BREAKING: Davidson claims victory in New Tecumseth-Gwillimbury". BradfordToday. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- "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.