[1] This particular riding was notable for having been held by Sidney Green, a prominent cabinet minister in the government of NDP Premier Edward Schreyer, since 1966.
Green had left the NDP in 1979, and was seeking re-election as a member of the Progressive Party of Manitoba.
Scott was re-elected without difficulty in the provincial election of 1986, defeating his nearest competitor by almost 4000 votes.
[4] Scott was one of several NDP members defeated in the following campaign; his loss in a seat previously regarded as safe for the party came as a particular surprise.
Following the Manitoba election of 2003, he wrote an op-ed piece for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, acknowledging the centrist approach of Gary Doer's government while also encouraging it to invest more in social programs.