Scott Hamilton (born December 11, 1957) is a former Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.[2] He represented the electoral district of Delta North as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.
Scott Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Delta North | |
| In office May 14, 2013 – May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Guy Gentner |
| Succeeded by | Ravi Kahlon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 or 1958 (age 66–67)[1] |
| Political party | BC Liberals |
He served as Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, as well as several other committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Delta City Council
editHamilton was first elected to Delta, British Columbia City Council in 2002 and was re-elected in 2005, 2008 and 2011.[3] He served on several committees and commissions in his years on Delta Council. Most notably, he is responsible for advocating a new housing policy that resulted in a more progressive framework, and led to greater options for secondary housing opportunities in Delta.[4]
He is currently the managing director for Quadrant Management Ltd, a property development and project management company that provides services to a variety of established industrial and commercial clients.
Personal life
editHamilton and his wife Kristen have lived in North Delta since 1986. They have two grown daughters. Prior to his election to the 40th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Hamilton was employed in the information technology sector.
Electoral record
edit| 2017 British Columbia general election: Delta North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Ravi Kahlon | 11,465 | 48.83 | +5.24 | $48,460 | |||
| Liberal | Scott Hamilton | 9,319 | 39.69 | −4.84 | $65,204 | |||
| Green | Jacquie Miller | 2,697 | 11.48 | +5.40 | $2,920 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,481 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 123 | 0.52 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,604 | 64.99 | +5.05 | |||||
| Registered voters | 36,319 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Delta North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Scott Hamilton | 9,613 | 44.53 | |||||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Bishop | 9,410 | 43.59 | |||||
| Green | Bill Marshall | 1,312 | 6.08 | |||||
| Conservative | Tinku Parmar | 983 | 4.55 | |||||
| Independent | John Shrek Shavluk | 210 | 0.97 | |||||
| Communist | George Gidora | 58 | 0.27 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,586 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 92 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,678 | 59.94 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ B.C. VOTES: Delta-North candidates on the record (Kupchuk, Rick). The Leader [Surrey, B.C] May 2, 2013: pg 1.
- ^ "Christy Clark says economy a priority after election win". CBC News, May 15, 2013.
- ^ "Jackson wins fifth term". Delta Optimist, November 23, 2011.
- ^ Delta Council
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.