Introduction
Scott Duvall MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Hamilton Mountain. He had previously served on Hamilton City Council representing Ward 7 (Central Mountain) from 2006 until he was elected to the House of Commons following the 2015 Canadian Federal Election. He is a member of the New Democratic Party
Prior to being elected to Hamilton City Council, Duvall was a steelworker and a labour union president. On January 5, 2015, Duvall was selected as the NDP candidate for the Hamilton Mountain riding, after the resignation of long time NDP MP Chris Charlton. Following a tight nomination battle with former Ontario NDP candidate Bryan Adamczyk, Scott won the nomination race. Throughout the entirety of his career, he has been vocal about labour issues in the Hamilton area.
Background
Duvall is a Hamilton area native, born into a household with seven other siblings. He began his career working at Stelco, where his father also worked. Duvall and his wife Sherry have three daughters. He eventually became the president of his union.
Municipal politics
While Duvall was a city councillor, he sat as the chair of the city's steel issues subcommittee.
Federal politics
Duvall was appointed the New Democratic Party critic for Pensions in the 42nd Parliament. On November 13, 2018 Duvall was nominated again to run in the 2019 federal election. He has said that previous NDP leader Jack Layton inspired him to join federal politics. He also stated that issues such as pay equity, and pension reformation are his top priorities.
End Pension Theft Campaign
On November 6, 2017, Duvall introduced a Private member's bill, Bill C-384 "An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (pension plans and group insurance programs)". This bill sought to amend the priority given to pensioners, in the case of bankruptcy proceedings by Canadian companies. This bill was largely in response to the underfunding of pension plans in the Bankruptcy proceedings of prominent Canadian companies Nortel and Sears Canada. Duvall has gone to multiple ridings across Canada in 2017 and 2018, to discuss the implications of the current pension laws.
Electoral record
Federal
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Hamilton Mountain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Scott Duvall | 19,135 | 36.1 | +0.21 | ||||
| Liberal | Bruno Uggenti | 16,057 | 30.3 | -3.22 | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Dyakowski | 13,443 | 25.5 | -0.20 | ||||
| Green | Dave Urquhart | 3,115 | 5.9 | +3.31 | ||||
| People's | Trevor Lee | 760 | 1.44 | - | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Jim Enos | 330 | 0.6 | -0.24 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Richard Plett | 109 | 0.2 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,949 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 489 | |||||||
| Turnout | 53,438 | 66.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,992 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Scott Duvall | 18,046 | 35.8 | -11.4 | – | |||
| Liberal | Shaun Burt | 16,931 | 33.6 | +17.4 | – | |||
| Conservative | Al Miles | 12,986 | 25.7 | -7.4 | – | |||
| Green | Raheem Aman | 1,283 | 2.5 | -0.3 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Andrew James Caton | 763 | 1.5 | – | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Jim Enos | 438 | 0.9 | +0.4 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.0 | $209,945.37 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 50,447 | 65.61 | +3.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,549 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -14.4 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
Municipal
| Candidate | Popular vote | Expenditures | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Scott Duvall | 9,956 | 79.12% | +21.51% | $16,626.25 | ||||||||
| Keith Beck | 1,562 | 12.41% | +7.27 | $0 | ||||||||
| Greg Burghall | 1,065 | 8.46% | – | n/a | ||||||||
| Total votes | 13,068 | 31.75% | −8.15% | |||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||||||
| Sources: City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates" | ||||||||||||
| Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Scott Duvall | 9,027 | 57.61% | +28.05% | |||||||||
| Trevor Pettit | 3,938 | 25.13% | n/a | |||||||||
| John Gallagher | 1,899 | 12.12% | +2.91% | |||||||||
| Keith Beck | 805 | 5.14% | n/a | |||||||||
| Total votes | 16,173 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Registered voters | 40,571 | 39.9 % | +2.97% | |||||||||
| Sources: Hamilton, Ontario, City Clerk's Office | ||||||||||||
| Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Scott Duvall | 4,111 | 29.56% | ||||||||||
| Dennis Haining | 2,554 | 18.36% | ||||||||||
| Dave Shuttleworth | 2,509 | 18.04% | ||||||||||
| John Gallagher | 1,281 | 9.21% | ||||||||||
| Mark DiMillo | 1,179 | 8.48% | ||||||||||
| Mark Harrington | 1,031 | 7.41% | ||||||||||
| Tim Nolan | 994 | 7.15% | ||||||||||
| Mark-Alan Whittle | 249 | 1.79% | ||||||||||
| Total votes | 14,209 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Registered voters | 38,478 | 36.93% | ||||||||||
| Sources: Hamilton, Ontario, City Clerk's Office | ||||||||||||