Lynda_Scott

Lynda Scott

Lynda Scott

New Zealand politician


Lynda Marie Scott is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Early life

Scott trained as a nurse in Wellington and then became a doctor in Auckland.[1] She worked as a geriatrician. For a time, she also served as a director of Blenheim radio company Marlborough Media, which owned Sounds FM and Easy FM.

Member of Parliament

Scott was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 election, winning the South Island seat of Kaikoura.[2] She replaced Doug Kidd, a long-serving National MP who had opted to become a list MP. In 2002, she became National's spokesperson for health. On 21 July 2004, however, she announced that she would retire from politics at the next election, returning to her "first love", medicine.[1]


References

  1. "Dr Lynda Scott not seeking re-election" (Press release). New Zealand National Party. Scoop. 21 July 2004. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  2. "Women in parliament 1933 - 2005". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
More information Political offices ...



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Lynda_Scott, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.