Scott Simmons, JP, MP
Backbencher
Email: sasimmons@parliament.bm
Mr. Scott A. Simmons was
elected to the House of Assembly on July 18th, 2017 to represent Constituency
32 – Southampton West. He is currently employed as the Facilities Manager at
Coral Beach and Tennis Club. Mr. Simmons received his primary and secondary
education in Bermuda and has furthered his education in both the United States
and Canada. Mr. Simmons’s professional career began with the Bermuda
Police Department where he served as a police cadet and a police constable and
further developed at the Bank of Bermuda specifically Corporate Banking,
Corporate Trust and Global Custody. He joined the hospitality industry at
Princess International's Group of Hotels in Bermuda as Night Manager, Assistant
Manager, Director of Security and Assistant Manager respectively. His
experience in smaller hotels included professional development at Cambridge
Beaches and the Coral Beach Club. Mr. Simmons’s political career began when he
ran in the 2003 General Election as a candidate in Constituency 9, Smiths West
and was later elected Public Relations Officer of the Bermuda Progressive
Labour Party. In October 2016, he was elected Chairman of the Bermuda Progressive Labour
Party, a position he held until his election win in July 2017. During this
15-year span, Mr. Simmons was appointed Assistant to the Premier, Press
Secretary to the Premier and Press Attaché to the Premier for three consecutive
PLP Premiers. He also served as Senior Assistant to the Minister of Energy,
Telecommunications and E-Commerce and Senior Aide to the Minister of Education
and as a Communications Consultant to the Ministry of Education. Mr. Simmons currently serves
as Chairman of the Ministry of Public Work’s Bermuda National Parks Commission
and as Chairman of the Ministry of National Security’s Treatment of Offenders
Board. He also serves in Parliament on Parliamentary Select, Oversight and
Standing Committees. Previously, he served on the Boards of Immigration,
Tourism, Works and Engineering, Ports Authority and as a Director of the
Bermuda Land Development Company and as a Director of the West End Development
Corporation.