Patrick J. Scott (December 25, 1848 – October 22, 1899) was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland.
He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1872 to 1882, from 1885 to 1889 and from 1894 to 1897.
He studied law with George James Hogsett and John Little and was admitted to the Newfoundland bar in 1874.
Scott married Eleanor Margaret Little, the sister of Joseph Ignatius Little, in 1882.
He was defeated when he chose to run in Placentia and St. Mary's in the 1897 general election.