Andrew Scheer

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Andrew Scheer (born May 20, 1979) is a Canadian Member of Parliament.

Scheer was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated from Immaculata High School and studied history and politics at the University of Ottawa but did not complete a degree.

While attending university, Scheer worked in the correspondence department of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition (OLO) in Ottawa. He then worked for Canadian Alliance Member of Parliament (MP) Larry Spencer. Prior to running in the 2004 election, Scheer worked as an accredited Insurance Broker in Regina, selling home and auto insurance.

Scheer was elected as a Conservative candidate in the 2004 elections in the riding of Regina—Qu'Appelle, beating veteran New Democratic Party MP Lorne Nystrom by 861 votes. He was re-elected in the 2006 elections, once again defeating Nystrom, this time by a margin of 2,740 votes, an increase of 318%. During this campaign, Scheer suffered embarrassment when his personal weblog was hacked into and taken over, linking to internet pornography websites.[1]

He is currently the second-youngest sitting MP.

He is married to Jill. Andrew and his wife have two children: a son, Thomas, born on March 20th, 2005, and a daughter - Grace, born on February 15th, 2007.

In April 2006 Andrew was named one of three deputy speakers and is one of the youngest Members of Parliament to serve in that role in commonwealth history.

Preceded by: Lorne Nystrom, NDP

Member of Parliament for Regina—Qu'Appelle (2004-)

Succeeded by: (Incumbent)