John Howard Sinclair

Politician

1848 – 1924

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Who was John Howard Sinclair?

John Howard Sinclair 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 Canadian House of Commons 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.

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Born
May 27, 1848
Goshen, Nova Scotia
Nationality
  • Canada
Died
Jun 8, 1924

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on July 23, 2013

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