Politics
From 1999 through 2003, he held a number of positions with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada under Joe Clark, ultimately serving as National Director of the Party in 2002-03. He resigned this position as part of a deal between David Orchard and Peter MacKay that led to MacKay's assumption of leadership and caused a storm of protest within the Party. In early 2004, he managed the lead up to Jim Flaherty's campaign for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
In August 2004, he Scrymgeour was hired for a dollar-per-year as an advisor to the Green Party of Canada by its leader Jim Harris. In the position paper, Green and Growing, he outlined a political organisation structure that emphasised minimum critical central coordination under an Executive Director and the building of strong, self-reliant, volunteer-based, electoral district associations. In 2006 he served as Interim Executive Director of the Party and as its Director of Organisation.
In the 2007 Ontario election, Mr. Scrymgeour was instrumental in helping the Green Party of Ontario to deliver the first full slate of 107 candidates in history. He then served as Chief Financial Officer from 2007-2010 and as Campaign Chair for the 2011 Ontario General Election.
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