Lynda Scott
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Lynda Marie Scott is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Early lifeEdit
Scott trained as a nurse in Wellington and then became a doctor in Auckland.<ref name="2004 retirement">Template:Cite press release</ref> She worked as a geriatrician. For a time, she also served as a director of Blenheim radio company Marlborough Media, which owned Sounds FM and Easy FM.
Member of ParliamentEdit
Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footer Scott was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 election, winning the South Island seat of Kaikoura.<ref name="Women in Parliament">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She replaced Doug Kidd, a long-serving National MP who had opted to become a list MP. In 2002, she became National's spokesperson for health. On 21 July 2004, however, she announced that she would retire from politics at the next election, returning to her "first love", medicine.<ref name="2004 retirement" />
ReferencesEdit
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