Scott Emerson (politician)

Scott Emerson
Shadow Treasurer Shadow Minister for Small Business
In office 6 May 2016 – 25 November 2017
Leader	Tim Nicholls
Preceded by	John-Paul Langbroek (Treasury) Tim Nicholls (Small Business)
Succeeded by	Tim Mander (Treasury) Fiona Simpson (Small Business)
Shadow Minister for Transport
In office 14 February 2015 – 6 May 2016
Leader	Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by	Jackie Trad (Transport) Mark Bailey (Main Roads)
Succeeded by	Andrew Powell
In office 11 April 2011 – 19 February 2012
Leader	Campbell Newman
Preceded by	Fiona Simpson
Succeeded by	Desley Scott
Minister for Transport and Main Roads
In office 3 April 2012 – 14 February 2015
Premier	Campbell Newman
Preceded by	Annastacia Palaszczuk (Transport) Craig Wallace (Main Roads)
Succeeded by	Jackie Trad (Transport) Mark Bailey (Main Roads)
Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Information and Communication Technology
In office 29 November 2010 – 11 April 2011
Leader	John-Paul Langbroek
Preceded by	Janet Stuckey
Succeeded by	Ros Bates
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Indooroopilly
In office 21 March 2009 – 25 November 2017
Preceded by	Ronan Lee
Succeeded by	district abolished
Majority	6.73% (2015)
Personal details
Born	(1964-01-15) 15 January 1964 (age 60) Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Liberal National Party
Alma mater	University of Queensland
Occupation	Journalist, public relations coordinator

Scott Anthony Emerson (born 15 January 1964) is a former Australian politician and journalist. He is a director of national consulting firm GXO Strategies and a commentator on Nine Entertainment’s national breakfast television program Today. He hosted the Scott Emerson Drive Show on Brisbane talkback radio station 4BC from 2020 to 2022. He served as the Minister for Transport and Main Roads Minister in the Newman Ministry from 2012 to 2015.^[1] In the Legislative Assembly of Queensland he represented the seat of Indooroopilly in Brisbane's inner-west, from 2009 to 2017.^[2] Indooroopilly was abolished at the 2017 state election and Emerson chose to contest the new seat of Maiwar which had a notional LNP margin of 3%; Emerson was unsuccessful in his bid, losing to the Greens candidate Michael Berkman.