Scott Simms

Infobox CanadianMP | name=Scott Simms


term_start=2004 election
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predecessor= Rex Barnes
birth_date=birth date and age |1970|08|12
birth_place=Bishop's Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador
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profession=journalist
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal
residence=Bishop's Falls
riding=Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
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Scott Simms (b. August 12, 1969 in Bishop's Falls, N.L.) is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor. He was elected in the 2004 election and beat out four other candidates, including Conservative incumbent Rex Barnes. [cite web | title="CBC - Canada Votes 2004" | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040712081814/http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/002/ | accessdate= July 12 | accessyear= 2004 ] Simms was re-elected on Jan. 23, 2006, beating Conservative candidate Aaron Hynes by approximately 5,000 votes.cite web | title="CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Candidates and Ridings" | url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/002/ | accessdate= September 16 | accessyear= 2007 ]

Simms graduated from Mount Allison University with a Bachelor in Commerce and Loyalist College in Journalism. Before entering elected politics, Simms worked for The Weather Network, prior to which he had worked as a radio reporter in Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor. He was an active campaigner for the "No" side in the 1995 Quebec referendum.

He is a member of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. Since January 18, 2006, he has been the critic for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. He was the critic for the Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency from February 23, 2006 until January 17, 2007. [cite web | title="PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - SIMMS, Scott, B.Comm." | url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=d282a075-d49f-40b7-ab6d-64455eb9a5a8&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience | accessdate= September 16 | accessyear= 2007 ]

Scott Simms is also now known by a number of people who live on the west coast of Ireland following the epic voyage of one of his election posters across the Atlantic Ocean to Keem Bay in the village of Dooagh on Achill Island, County Mayo. The story was published by a local news paper called The Mayo News after a lifeguard at the beach, Conal Dixon, found the poster washed up on the sand. [ [http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2516&Itemid=38 Canadian poster in Achill!] "The Mayo News", October 2, 2007]

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* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=d282a075-d49f-40b7-ab6d-64455eb9a5a8&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]