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<div>{{About|the Victorian Labor politician|the Western Australian One Nation politician|Robin Scott (Western Australian politician)}}<br />
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| name = Robin Scott<br />
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]<br />
| honorific-suffix = [[Victorian Legislative Assembly|MP]]<br />
| image = [[File:ScottRobin58250.jpg]]<br />
| assembly = Victorian Legislative<br />
| constituency_AM = [[Electoral district of Preston|Preston]]<br />
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| predecessor = [[Michael Leighton (Australian politician)|Michael Leighton]]<br />
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| majority = <br />
| office2 = Minister for Multicultural Affairs<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Matthew Guy]]<br />
| party = [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]]<br />
| office1 = Minister for Finance<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Robert Clark (Australian politician)|Robert Clark]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|1|23|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]<br />
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| spouse = Shaojie Scott<br />
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| term_start = 25 November 2006<br />
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| term_start1 = 4 December 2014<br />
| term_end1 = 29 November 2018<br />
| term_start2 = 4 December 2014<br />
| term_end2 = 29 November 2018<br />
| successor2 = Richard Wynne<br />
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'''Robin David Scott''' (born 23 January 1973) is an [[Australia]]n politician. He has been a [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]] member of the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] since 2006, representing the seat of [[Electoral district of Preston|Preston]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Scott was born in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], and received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] majoring in politics from [[La Trobe University]].<br />
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While at La Trobe, Scott was involved in [[student politics]] and was one of the alleged conspirators of the [[La Trobe Student Union|SRC ballot rigging incident]]. Along with three other candidates facing charges, Scott withdrew his nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://progressivedirection.com/sites/progressivedirection.com/files/latrobe-ballot-scam.pdf|title=Deputy Returning Officer's Report 1995|publisher=Karsten Haley|accessdate=18 December 2015}}</ref> Three of the accused, Larocca, Donnelly and Scott were subsequently hired in 1996 as electorate officers for the [[Australian Labor Party]], with Scott becoming secretary of the party's Preston Branch.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 2006, Robin Scott was selected as the Labor candidate for [[Electoral district of Preston|Preston]], a safe seat being vacated by sitting member [[Michael Leighton (Australian politician)|Michael Leighton]]. Scott has represented the seat since. Scott served as Victorian Labor's Shadow Minister for Finance and WorkCover after their loss at the [[2010 Victorian state election|2010 state election]]. On 4 December 2014 he was sworn in as Minister for Finance and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the first [[Andrews Ministry]]. Following the [[2018 Victorian state election|2018 state election]], Scott became Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Veterans in the second Andrews Ministry.<ref>[https://www.themandarin.com.au/102048-daniel-andrews-new-ministry-list-for-his-governments-second-term/ Daniel Andrew’s new ministry list for his government’s second term]</ref><br />
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On 15 June 2020, Scott resigned from his ministerial positions after becoming embroiled in a scandal around allegations of [[branch stacking]] and use of parliamentary employees for party political campaigning by [[Adem Somyurek]].<ref name="resignation">{{cite news |title=Robin Scott resigns as minister over Somyurek scandal |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/victoria/robin-scott-resigns-as-minister-over-somyurek-scandal-20200615-p552tq.html |accessdate=15 June 2020 |work=Brisbane Times |date=15 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.robinscottmp.com.au/ Personal website]<br />
* [http://vicvote.review/assembly/members/Robin%20Scott.html Parliamentary voting record of Robin Scott at Victorian Parliament Tracker]<br />
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