Scott was born in Lanark County, Ontario in what was then Upper Canada to Irish immigrant parents. He was the youngest of four children. His father died when he was an infant, and the family moved to Perth, Ontario where Scott attended school and then apprenticed as a printer. He founded the Perth Expositornewspaper in 1861 and was its editor and proprietor, until 1872.[1]
Scott retired from politics, in 1887, and became collector of customs at the port of Winnipeg.[1]
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^ abcdBryce, George, A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People, The Canadian History Company, 1906, published online by the Manitoba Historical Society, retrieved May 11, 2008
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