John Howard Sinclair | |
Constituency Mp: | Antigonish—Guysborough |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | District was created in 1914 |
Successor: | Colin Francis McIsaac |
Term Start: | 1917 |
Term End: | 1921 |
Constituency Mp2: | Guysborough |
Parliament2: | Canadian |
Predecessor2: | Duncan Cameron Fraser |
Successor2: | District was abolished in 1914 |
Term Start2: | 1904 |
Term End2: | 1917 |
Office3: | Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Guysborough |
Term Start3: | 1894 |
Term End3: | 1904 |
Birth Date: | 27 May 1848 |
Birth Place: | Goshen, Nova Scotia |
Party: | Liberal |
John Howard Sinclair (May 27, 1848 - June 8, 1924) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Goshen, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Sinclair was educated in the Common School of Goshen, Guysborough Academy and Dalhousie College, Halifax. A lawyer, he was Mayor of New Glasgow in 1890-91 and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1894 to 1904. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Guysborough in a 1904 by-election after the sitting MP, Duncan Cameron Fraser, was appointed a Judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1904, 1908, 1911, and 1917.