Andrew Scheer

Infobox CanadianMP
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name = Andrew Scheer
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riding = Regina—Qu'Appelle
parliament = Canadian
term_start = 2004 federal election
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predecessor = Lorne Nystrom
successor =
birth_date = birth date and age|1979|05|20
birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario
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party = Conservative
spouse = Jill Scheer
residence = Regina, Saskatchewan
profession = Insurance broker
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Andrew Scheer (born May 20, 1979) is a Canadian Member of Parliament.

Scheer was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated from Immaculata High School and studied history and politics at the University of Ottawa.

While attending university, Scheer worked in the correspondence department of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition (OLO) in Ottawa. He then worked for Canadian Alliance Member of Parliament (MP) Larry Spencer. Prior to running in the 2004 election, Scheer worked as an accredited Insurance Broker in Regina, selling home and auto insurance.

Scheer was elected as a Conservative candidate in the 2004 elections in the riding of Regina—Qu'Appelle, beating veteran New Democratic Party MP Lorne Nystrom by 861 votes. He was re-elected in the 2006 elections, once again defeating Nystrom, this time by a margin of 2,740 votes, an increase of 318%. During this campaign, Scheer suffered embarrassment when his personal weblog was hacked into and taken over, linking to internet pornography websites. [cite web | title = Sask. MP's weblog target of web hijinks | publisher = Saskatoon Star Phoenix | date = 2006-01-11 | url = http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=a2711d74-d026-4d72-92ef-90a99a993cd8&k=76140 | accessdate = 2007-05-03] [Citation | last = Hall | first = Angela | author-link = Angela Hall | title = Election blogging has its drawbacks | newspaper = Regina Leader Post | pages = A.1 | year = 2006 | date = 2006-01-11]

He is currently the second-youngest sitting MP.

He is married to Jill. Andrew and his wife have two children: a son, Thomas, born in 2005, and a daughter - Grace, born in 2007.

In April 2006 Andrew was named as Assistant Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole, one of three deputy speakers and is one of the youngest Members of Parliament to serve in that role in Commonwealth history.

External links

* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=6519cfba-0080-419d-baa9-8ae6e56d032f&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]

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s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Regina—Qu'Appelle
years=2004–