Thomas Walter Scott
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Hon. Thomas Walter Scott |
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| 1st Premier of Saskatchewan | |
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In office September 5, 1905 – October 20, 1916 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Amédée E. Forget George W. Brown Richard Stuart Lake |
| Preceded by |
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain as Premier of North West Territories |
| Succeeded by | William Melville Martin |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Lumsden | |
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In office December 13, 1905 – August 14, 1908 |
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| Succeeded by | Frederick Clarke Tate |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Swift Current | |
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In office August 14, 1908 – June 26, 1917 |
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| Succeeded by | David John Sykes |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Assiniboia West |
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In office November 7, 1900 – December 13, 1905 |
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| Preceded by | Nicholas Flood Davin |
| Succeeded by | William Erskine Knowles |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 27, 1867 London Township, Ontario |
| Died | March 23, 1938 (aged 70) Guelph, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Saskatchewan Liberal Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal Party of Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Jessie Florence Read (m. 1890) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Profession | newspaper owner and publisher |
| Cabinet |
Saskatchewan: Minister of Public Works (1905–1916) Minister of Education (1912–1916) |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Thomas Walter Scott – known less formally as Walter Scott – (October 27, 1867 – March 23, 1938) was the first Premier of the province of Saskatchewan in Canada (1905–1916).
Scott was born in 1867 in London Township, Ontario, in rural southwestern Ontario, the child of George Scott and Isabella Telfer. He moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1885, and then – at the age of 19 – to Regina, the capital of the North-West Territories, in 1886. He worked for and then ran a number of Grit newspapers.
He became a partner in the Regina Standard from 1892 to 1893. From 1894 to 1895, he was the owner and editor of the Moose Jaw Times. Scott then bought the Regina Leader (known today as the Regina Leader-Post) in 1895, and was its editor until 1900.
During this period, Scott gained a measure of fame as pitcher for a local baseball team.
In 1900, Scott ran as a Liberal in the federal riding of Assiniboia West and was elected to the House of Commons. He was re-elected in 1904. During the discussions about creating provinces out of the North-West Territories, Scott initially supported territorial Premier Frederick Haultain's proposal to create one big province (to be named "Buffalo") out of what is today Alberta and Saskatchewan – but then converted to the two-province option favoured by Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal government.
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