Born in Montreal, Quebec, Scott appointed Treasurer in the cabinet of Louis-Alexandre Taschereau on October 16, 1930.

He was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the riding of Huntingdon in a by-election held on November 4, 1930, losing to Martin Fisher.

He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Wellington on November 13, 1930, and was made a minister without portfolio as well.

He was defeated by Charles Ernest Gault and was re-appointed to the Legislative Council on June 17, 1932, for the Victoria division.

[1] He died while in office on December 14, 1940, during the rescue operations carried out in the Atlantic Ocean after the sinking of the steamer Western Prince by the German submarine U-96 during World War II.