ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
After a dramatic week saw Scott Morrison become the next Prime Minister of Australia, the nation was left wondering;
Isn’t ‘Sco-mo’ pretty old to be named Scott?
Today, The Advocate can, in fact, confirm that Scott Morrison is the oldest man named Scott in Australia.
After hours spent in with the Australia Bureau of Statistics, our reporters can reveal that at the ripe old age of 50, the country’s newest Prime Minister is 10 years clear of the next youngest Scott.
Due to technical problems on the ABS’s Lenovo PC’s, it took The Advocate some time to actually get into the system for long enough to avoid the computer crashing, but it can be confirmed that the next youngest man with the same name, is Scott Ripps from Coffs Harbour in NSW’s Mid North Coast.
Social Demographics expert Ashley Barclay from the Royal University of Betoota told us that Scott is quite a new name.
“It has been a very common last name in this country due to its obvious origins. However, as a first name, it’s only emerged over the last couple of decades and can usually be attributed to men driving Holden Thunders and eating meat pies for breakfast,” Barclay said.
“So yes I wasn’t surprised when you told me that he is the oldest living Scott in the country.”
