Placeholder Scheer was born in Ottawa, Ontario, 1979
-studied history and politics at U. of Ottawa 
-worked in the correspondence department of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition while at university
-finished his BA at the University of Regina (?year?)
-worked briefly as a broker at Shenher Insurance then joined the constituency office of MP Larry Spencer
-elected MP in the federal election of 2004 in Regina—Qu'Appelle (age 25)
-re-elected in the federal election of 2006
-named Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole, 2006
-named Deputy Speaker in Nov. 2008
-elected Speaker June, 2011, youngest in Canadian history
-re-elected in 2015, appointed House Leader by Rona Ambrose
-elected leader of the CPC, May 2017.

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administration experience = 4 years (Speaker's office)
experience out of politics < 1 yr
international experience = 0
financial experience = 0
ministerial experience = 0
trades experience = 0
military experience = 0
P&L responsibility = never