Jim Scott | |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Office: | Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council |
Term Start: | 6 February 1993 |
Term End: | 26 January 2005 |
Predecessor: | Garry Kelly |
Successor: | Lynn MacLaren |
Constituency: | South Metropolitan Region |
Birth Name: | James Alan Scott |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1946 |
Birth Place: | Kellerberrin, Western Australia |
Party: | Greens Western Australia |
James Alan Scott (born 16 November 1946) is an Australian former politician.
Born in Kellerberrin, Western Australia, he worked as a theatrical set builder.
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]