Craig Scott (politician)
Craig Scott | |
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Scott in 2013 | |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto—Danforth | |
| In office March 19, 2012 – October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Layton (2011) |
| Succeeded by | Julie Dabrusin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 14, 1962 Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Kovit Ratchadasri |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Legal scholar |
Craig M. Scott (born March 14, 1962) is a Canadian politician and academic. Formerly a law professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and a director of the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, he was elected as the New Democratic Party candidate in a federal by-election in Toronto—Danforth on March 19, 2012, following the death of Jack Layton in August 2011.