Jim Scott (Australian politician)

James Alan Scott (born 16 November 1946) is a former Australian politician.

Early life

Born in Kellerberrin, Western Australia, he worked a theatrical set builder.

Political career

In the 1993 Western Australian state election, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council region of South Metropolitan, the first member of the Greens[1] elected to the state parliament. He held the seat until 2005, when he resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Fremantle, unsuccessfully.[2]

gollark: Mistake theory is that the other people are broadly well-meaning like you but have different sets of information to work from.
gollark: Something something conflict theory versus mistake theory politics? Conflict theory is that you're fighting an enemy who wants fundamentally different things and must be stopped.
gollark: This is not in fact possible.
gollark: People generally think they're better than average.
gollark: People are wrong about lots of things. For instance, nuclear power and thing #2. If I am elected supreme eternal world dictator, I will fix things by ignoring them.

References
  1. "Jim Scott". Australian Greens. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. Parliament of Western Australia (2009). "Hon. James (Jim) Alan Scott MLC". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 November 2013.


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