Lynda Scott
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Lynda Marie Scott is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Early life
Scott trained as a nurse in Wellington and then became a doctor in Auckland.{{cite press release |title=Dr Lynda Scott not seeking re-election |url= http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0407/S00353.htm |accessdate=18 October 2010 |agency=Scoop |publisher=New Zealand National Party |date=21 July 2004}} 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 Parliament
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Scott was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 election, winning the South Island seat of Kaikoura.{{cite web|title=Women in parliament 1933 - 2005 |url=http://www.elections.org.nz/study/education-centre/women-in-parliament.html |publisher=Elections New Zealand |accessdate=18 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208182924/http://www.elections.org.nz/study/education-centre/women-in-parliament.html |archivedate=8 February 2013 }} 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.
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Category:New Zealand National Party MPs
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Category:Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Category:New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
Category:New Zealand women nurses
Category:21st-century New Zealand politicians
Category:21st-century New Zealand women politicians
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