Thomas Sinclair (politician, 1857–1940) explained

Thomas Sinclair
Office:Member of Parliament
for Queen's University of Belfast
Term Start:6 December 1923
Term End:18 September 1940
Predecessor:William Whitla
Successor:Douglas Savory
Birth Date:17 December 1857
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Death Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Party:Ulster Unionist Party
Alma Mater:Queen's College Belfast
Royal University of Ireland
Nationality:British
Spouse:Never married
Profession:Surgeon

Thomas Sinclair, (17 December 1857 – 25 November 1940) was an Irish unionist politician.

Sinclair studied at Queen's University, Belfast before working as a surgeon.[1] He was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland on its creation in 1921.[2]

He was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Queen's University of Belfast at the 1923 United Kingdom general election. From 1935 to 1937, Sinclair served as Deputy Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland. He resigned his Westminster seat on 18 September 1940 by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. but held his Senate seat until his death in November.

The businessman and politician Thomas Sinclair was a relative of Sinclair.[3]

References

  1. John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.205
  2. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnisen.htm The Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72
  3. Clarke . RSJ . A Corridor to the Past . The Ulster Medical Review . April 1994 . 63 . 1 . 85–86. 8658997 . 2449096 .