Editing Andrew Scheer (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Andrew Scheer with family - 2018 (44211225074).jpg|thumb|Scheer and his family in September 2018]]
Scheer married Jill Ryan at the [[Holy Rosary Cathedral (Regina, Saskatchewan)|Holy Rosary Cathedral]] in Regina in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hustak |first=Alan |date=1 August 2014 |title=Scheer Faith |url=https://www.convivium.ca/articles/scheer-faith |newspaper=Convivium |publisher=[[Cardus]] |access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref> The couple have five children together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/28/ex-speaker-andrew-scheer-announces-conservative-leadership-bid.html|title=Ex-speaker Andrew Scheer announces bid for Conservative leadership|last=MacCharles|first=Tonda|work=[[Toronto Star]]|date=28 September 2016|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/why-andrew-scheer-could-be-the-next-conservative-party-leader/article33625346/|title=Why Andrew Scheer could be the next Conservative Party leader|last=Stone|first=Laura|work=The Globe and Mail|date=13 January 2017|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> Scheer is a practising Catholic who attends Sunday mass and is an active member of the [[Knights of Columbus]].<ref name="Interim"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/meet-conservative-leadership-hopefuls-vying-take-back-pmo/|title=Meet the conservative leadership hopefuls vying to take back the PMO|date=15 May 2017|work=Toronto Life|access-date=9 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> His children attend a private [[faith school|faith-based school]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2017/02/21/trost-mimics-scheers-policy-on-homeschooling/|title=Trost mimics Scheer's policy on homeschooling|access-date=20 October 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> According to [[Global News]], "Scheer’s French is passable, but he’s not fluently bilingual."<ref name="Who is Andrew Scheer?"/>

Scheer is a hunter and firearm owner.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://calibremag.ca/meet-andrew-scheer/|title=MEET THE CANDIDATES: ANDREW SCHEER|last1=Summers|first1=C. J.|date=13 December 2016|publisher=Calibre Magazine}}</ref> A [[gridiron football]] fan, Scheer supports the [[Seattle Seahawks]] and [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]; his brother-in-law is professional football player [[Jon Ryan]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Vieira|first=Paul|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/canadarealtime/2014/01/31/canadas-speaker-has-stake-in-seahawks-super-bowl-victory|title=Canada's Speaker Has Stake in Seahawks Super Bowl Victory|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=31 January 2014|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Andrew who? In search of Scheer's still-elusive Conservative identity |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/andrew-scheer-conservative-party/article36509608/ |work=Globe and Mail}}</ref> Another of his wife's brothers, Steve Ryan, ran for the Saskatchewan NDP in the 2007 and 2011 provincial elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://accidentaldeliberations.blogspot.com/2010/06/regina-quappelle-valley-steve-ryan.html|title=Accidental Deliberations: Regina Qu'Appelle Valley – Steve Ryan Seeking NDP Nomination|first=Greg|last=Fingas|date=12 June 2010}}</ref>

When he was speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015, he lived at the official residence, called [[The Farm (Canada)|the Farm]], in the [[Gatineau Hills]]. When he was the leader of the Opposition, he lived in the [[Stornoway (residence)|Stornoway]].

===Dual citizenship===
Scheer is a [[Dual citizenship|dual citizen]], holding Canadian and U.S. citizenship, which he obtained through his American-born father.<ref name="neverasked">{{cite news|url=https://election.ctvnews.ca/andrew-scheer-has-dual-canadian-u-s-citizenship-party-confirms-1.4623024|title=Andrew Scheer has dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship, party confirms|date=3 October 2019|access-date=3 October 2019|publisher=CTV News|agency=CTV News}}</ref><ref name="neveraskedagain">{{cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5987332/andrew-scheer-dual-citizenship/|title=Scheer says he never tried to hide dual Canada-U.S. citizenship|last=Connolly|first=Amanda|date=3 October 2019|access-date=4 October 2019|publisher=Global News}}</ref> Scheer confirmed that he has filed U.S. tax returns and the party verified that he is registered for [[Conscription in the United States|the draft]] under the [[Selective Service System|U.S. Selective Service System]], which is a list of individuals who can be conscripted into the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] in the event of a national emergency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/andrew-scheer-draft-us-selective-service-1.5309002/|title=Andrew Scheer is registered for selective service – the U.S. agency that runs the military draft|last=Tasker|first=John Paul|date=4 October 2019|access-date=4 October 2019|publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Scheer denied that he had been hiding this information, but rather stated that he had never been asked about his dual citizenship, nor about having an American-born parent, before the information was revealed by ''The Globe and Mail'' during the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 federal election campaign]].<ref name="neverasked" /><ref name="neveraskedagain" /> During the election campaign he indicated that he was in the process of [[Renunciation of citizenship|renouncing]] his American citizenship,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/conservative-leader-andrew-scheer-acknowledges-holding-u-s-citizenship/article_6411e38f-de55-5314-be87-599950d1a226.html |title=Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer acknowledges holding U.S. citizenship  |last=Boutilier |first=Alex |newspaper=The Toronto Star |date=2019-10-03 |accessdate=2024-05-04}}</ref> but following the campaign in May 2020, he announced that he no longer plans to renounce his American citizenship, as he will not be prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zimonjic |first=Peter |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/andrew-scheer-walks-back-us-pledge-1.5576006 |title=Scheer says he won't renounce U.S. citizenship because he won't be prime minister |work=[[CBC News]] |date=May 19, 2020 |access-date=May 19, 2020 }}</ref>