GEORGE A. SCOTT. 



	George A. Scott, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatche-
wan since 1919, was born in Winnipeg, on the 11th of December, 1874,
son of John and Jane (Bell) Scott. His parents were both born in On-
tario, near Ingersoll, and grew to maturity and were married in that
province, coming to Winnipeg in 1871. The father followed the occupa-
tion of a farmer the rest of his life. In 1890 he moved to Deloraine and
fifteen years later to Davidson, Saskatchewan, where he and his wife
spent their remaining days.  The Scotts were members of the Presby-
terian church and Mr. Scott was affiliated with the Masonic order. Well
educated and well read, he took a keen interest in public affairs and was
very active in Liberal politics in behalf of his friends. For the honors
of public office for himself he had no ambitions and the only time he
was persuaded to run for election he was defeated. The office for which
he was a candidate was one of the first seats in the Dominion Legis-
lature after the formation of the new government. John Scott was the
son of a Scotchman who came out to Canada in the early days, while
his wife was the daughter of a man of English birth.  The subject of
this review was the fifth of their eight children, five of whom are living.
	When he had completed his elementary education in the public schools
of Springfield, Manitoba, George A. Scott entered the Collegiate Institute
at Hartney, Manitoba, and subsequently attended a similar school in
Brandon. He prepared for the teaching profession at the Normal School
of Winnipeg and taught for seven years following his graduation from
the normal course. For a period of three years he was principal of the
public schools at Wawanesa, Manitoba. In 1902 Mr. Scott first came to
Regina, to become connected with the Western Farm & Hail Insurance
Company, with whom he remained for a year. He went to Davidson in
1904 and took up a homestead which he still owns and operates. As a
result of his years of careful cultivation and improvement, his section
of land is today one of the best improved in his district and yields its
owner a rich return for his labor.  Mr. Scott's agricultural operations
are general in character and he has met with substantial success raising
mixed crops.
	Like his father, Mr. Scott has always been deeply concerned with
public affairs. He, too, is a Liberal and has had a long experience cam-
paigning for his friends and party. In 1908 he was elected to the Pro-
vincial Legislature for the first time and has sat in that body continu-
ously since. His able work as a legislator received merited recognition
from the other members of the assembly when, on November 27, 1919,
he was chosen to fill the chair of the Speaker of the House. Mr. Scott's
thorough knowledge of parliamentary law and long experience in political
life has enabled him to preside over the deliberations of that body effi-
ciently and with becoming dignity, so that the business is conducted in
an orderly thoroughgoing fashion and at the same time with the least
possible amount of delay and unnecessary friction.  As a former edu-
cator himself, Mr. Scott has also been interested in public school and
educational matters.  He is chairman of the Davidson board of educa-
tion, on which he has served for seventeen years consecutively.
	In 1903 Mr. Scott was married to Miss Etta M. Elliott, who was born
in Hamilton, Ontario, where she was educated and taught in the public
schools for a short time. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Scott: Jean, who is studying in the Saskatchewan Normal School; Claire,
who has finished the requirements for a second-class teacher's certifi-
cate and is living at home; Walter, John Wilfrid and James McNeil, all
of whom are in school. The family is affiliated with the Union church
of Davidson.  Mr. Scott is a Mason and helped to organize Davidson
Lodge, No.33, A. F. & A. M., of which he was the first master. While
he finds that his public duties and farming interests require much of his
time and energy, Mr. Scott is not unmindful of the recreational side of
life and takes a keen pleasure in the various sports. He has a fine record
as a curler, having won the grand challenge cup a number of times.





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