Scot Davidson

Scot Davidson MP
Member of Parliament for New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury York—Simcoe (2019–2025)
Incumbent
Assumed office February 25, 2019
Preceded by	Peter Van Loan
Personal details
Born	Georgina, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Duclos Point, Ontario[1]
Alma mater	York University

Scot Davidson is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament for the riding of New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada since 2019.

Davidson was born in Georgina, Ontario. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from York University.^[2]

On October 20, 2018, Davidson won the Conservative nomination for the 2019 York—Simcoe federal by-election, which was held to fill the seat vacated by Peter Van Loan’s retirement.^[3][4] Davidson won the seat in the by-election,^[5][6] and retained it in the general election in October.^[7] He was re-elected in the 2021 and 2025 elections.^[8][9]

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Scot Davidson	39,246	59.35	+11.68
	Liberal	Mike Hanrahan	24,444	36.97	+6.70
	New Democratic	Nancy Morrison	1,226	1.85	–11.20
	Green	Callum McKinnon	712	1.08	–0.16
	People's	Paul Montague	496	0.75	–6.74
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			66,124	68.34
Eligible voters			96,762
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		+2.49
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2021 Canadian federal election: York—Simcoe
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scot Davidson	24,900	50.0	+3.7
	Liberal	Daniella Johnson	14,469	29.0	+2.2
	New Democratic	Benjamin Jenkins	6,800	13.6	-0.6
	People's	Michael Lotter	3,662	7.3	+5.7
Total valid votes			49,831
Total rejected ballots			466
Turnout			50,297	53.74
Eligible voters			93,596
Source: Elections Canada[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: York—Simcoe
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Scot Davidson	24,918	46.3	7.61	$56,801.81
	Liberal	Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux	14,407	26.8	2.24	none listed
	New Democratic	Jessa McLean	7,620	14.2	6.69	none listed
	Green	Jonathan Arnold	4,650	8.6	5.58	$6,288.49
	Libertarian	Keith Komar	1,311	2.4	1.83	none listed
	People's	Michael Lotter	875	1.6	0.30	$223.47
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,781	100.0
Total rejected ballots			497
Turnout			54,278	60.7
Eligible voters			89,360
	Conservative hold		Swing		2.68
Source: Elections Canada[13]

v t e Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: York—Simcoe Resignation of Peter Van Loan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scot Davidson	8,929	53.91	3.66
	Liberal	Shaun Tanaka	4,811	29.04	8.72
	New Democratic	Jessa McLean	1,244	7.51	1.38
	Progressive Canadian	Dorian Baxter	634	3.83	--
	Green	Mathew Lund	451	2.72	0.37
	People's	Robert Geurts	314	1.90	--
	Libertarian	Keith Dean Komar	95	0.57	--
	Independent	John The Engineer Turmel	64	0.39	--
	National Citizens Alliance	Adam Suhr	22	0.13	--
Total valid votes/expense limit			16,564	99.43
Total rejected ballots			95	0.57	+0.09
Turnout			16,659	20.03	-43.23
Eligible voters			83,179
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.19
Source: Elections Canada[14]

• Scot Davidson – Parliament of Canada biography