Douglas Scott (Australian politician)

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Douglas Barr Scott (b. 12 May 1920) is a former Australian politician and briefly government minister.

Scott was born in Adelaide, South Australia and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney. He was a farmer and grazier before entering politics. During World War II, he was a member of the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1941 to 1945 and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant.^[1]

Scott was appointed by the Parliament of New South Wales on 6 August 1970 to the Australian Senate to fill a casual vacancy created by the death of Gerald McKellar and held it until the declaration of new Senators (return of writs) after the October 1970 Senate election on 20 November 1970, under the terms of s15 of the Constitution prior to a 1977 referendum. He was elected to the Senate at the October 1984 election, representing the National Party of Australia, taking his seat on 1 July 1985. In December 1980, he was appointed Minister for Special Trade Representations in Malcolm Fraser's ministry, until August 1980, when he was replaced by Ian Sinclair, following Sinclair's acquital on fraud charges. He did not stand for re-election at the 1984 election and retired at the expiration of his term at the end of June 1985.^[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by Victor Garland	Minister for Special Trade Representations 1979 – 1980	Succeeded by Ian Sinclair

Persondata
NAME	Scott, Douglas Barr
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	12 May 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Adelaide, South Australia
DATE OF DEATH	Living person
PLACE OF DEATH