Robin Scott (politician)


Robin David Scott is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2006, representing the seat of Preston.

Early life

Scott was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and received a Bachelor of Arts majoring in politics from La Trobe University.
While at La Trobe, Scott was involved in student politics and was one of the candidates and alleged conspirators of the La Trobe Student Union ballot rigging incident. Along with three other candidates, Scott withdrew his nomination.
Scott was later hired in 1996 as an electorate officer, with Scott becoming secretary of the party's Preston branch.

Political career

In 2006, Robin Scott was selected as the Labor candidate for Preston, a safe seat being vacated by sitting member 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 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 state election, Scott became Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Veterans in the second Andrews Ministry.
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.