Scott Michael Ryan (born 12 May 1973) is an Australian politician and diplomat who is the 26th and current high commissioner of Australia to Canada since December 2021.

[1] Ryan was a member of the executive of the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party, holding the office of vice president.

[8] Ryan served as the Minister for Vocational Education and Skills following a rearrangement in the First Turnbull Ministry, between February and July 2016.

[12] Ryan took extended leave for medical reasons in July 2017,[13] following an illness that required admission to intensive care.

[15] His predecessor Stephen Parry resigned from the Senate during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, after discovering he was a dual citizen of the United Kingdom.

[19] In August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he criticised the quarantine regimes of the state and territory governments as an infringement on the rights of parliamentarians.

[1] On 20 December 2021, Senator and Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne announced Ryan's appointment as High Commissioner to Canada to succeed Natasha Smith.

[24] After the Liberal candidate Dave Sharma was defeated by Independent Kerryn Phelps at the 2018 Wentworth by-election, he called for the party to maintain its ideological diversity.