Ian Gilmour Scott (July 13, 1934October 10, 2006) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1992 who represented the downtown Toronto ridings of St. David and St. George—St. David. He was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson serving as Attorney General of Ontario and Solicitor General. Along with Robert Nixon and Sean Conway, he was considered to be "the intellectual heart and soul" of the Peterson cabinet. Biography Family Ian Gilmour Scott was born on July 13, 1934, at Ottawa Civic Hospital. His family had extensive political connections. One of his paternal great-grandfathers, Richard William Scott, was a prominent Canadian politician in the nineteenth century, and served for a time as government leader in the Senate of Canada. His other paternal great-grandfather was W.W. Sullivan, Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1879 to 1889. Moreover, one of his maternal great-grandfathers was Andrew G. Blair, who served as Premier of New Brunswick from 1883 to 1896, when he joined Richard Scott in the federal Liberal cabinet. His father and paternal grandfather were also active supporters of the Liberal Party. In 1948, while still a schoolboy, Ian Scott co-wrote a number of speeches for Brooke Claxton, Liberal Minister of National Defence. Scott's brother, David W. Scott Q.C. was a prominent lawyer in Ottawa. Early life and career Scott graduated from St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto in 1955. He was president of the student council in his last year and was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. After graduating, he earned a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1959 and began to working under Andrew Brewin. The firm came to be called Cameron Brewin and Scott. In addition to his courtroom work, Scott began teaching civil procedure at the University of Toronto Law School in 1968. One of his pupils was Bob Rae, whom he canvassed for in a 1978 by-election for the House of Commons of Canada. From 1974 to 1976, Scott worked for the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, studying the impact of pipeline development on aboriginal Canadians in the Northwest Territories. Early political career Scott first ran for public office in the provincial election of 1981. He once described his political views as "left of liberal" and had considered running for the Ontario New Democratic Party, but was