Peter Sinclair Jr. Explained

Peter Sinclair
Birth Date:1887 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Summerfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada[1]
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spouse:Anna Campbell
m. 23 December 1909[2]
Office:Member of Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 1st Queens
Term Start:1927
Term End:1931
Riding2:Queen's
Predecessor2:Chester McLure
John Howard Myers
Successor2:James Lester Douglas
Cyrus Macmillan
Term Start2:October 1935
Term End2:March 1938
Profession:farmer
Party:Liberal

Peter Sinclair (13 November 1887 – 8 March 1938) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Summerfield, Prince Edward Island and became a farmer.

The son of Peter Sinclair and Margaret MacMurdo, Sinclair was educated in Springfield and farmed near Charlottetown.[3]

Sinclair was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1927 until his defeat in the 1931 election, at the 1st Queens riding.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Queen's riding in the 1935 general election. Sinclair died on 8 March 1938 before completing his term in the 18th Canadian Parliament.

Notes and References

  1. Canadian Parliamentary Guide (1936, 1938); some sources claim he was born at Springfield, Prince Edward Island
  2. Book: Normandin, A.L. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1936.
  3. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.