John Howard Sinclair
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Canada
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politician.
Born in Goshen
Goshen, Nova Scotia
Goshen is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.The community is approximately 30 km south of Antigonish, 30 km north of Sherbrooke and 30km west of Guysborough on Route 316.Its economy is tied to farming and forestry....
, Guysborough
Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County was divided in 1836.In 1840, the Township of St. Mary's, in Guysborough...
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, Sinclair was educated in the Common School of Goshen, Guysborough Academy and Dalhousie College
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
, Halifax. A lawyer, he was Mayor of New Glasgow
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait....
in 1890-91 and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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from 1894 to 1904. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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for Guysborough
Guysborough (electoral district)
Guysborough was an electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917.It was created in the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Antigonish—Guysborough...
in a 1904 by-election after the sitting MP, Duncan Cameron Fraser
Duncan Cameron Fraser
Duncan Cameron Fraser was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia....
, was appointed a Judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court is a superior court in the province of Nova Scotia.The Court comprises the Chief Justice , the Associate Chief justice, twenty-one judges and six supernumerary Justices, who sit in 18 different locations around the province.-Jurisdiction:As with all superior courts...
. A Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
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, he was re-elected in 1904
Canadian federal election, 1904
The Canadian federal election of 1904 was held on November 3 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Canada...
, 1908
Canadian federal election, 1908
The Canadian federal election of 1908 was held on October 26 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term in government with a majority government...
, 1911
Canadian federal election, 1911
The Canadian federal election of 1911 was held on September 21 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Canada.-Summary:...
, and 1917
Canadian federal election, 1917
The 1917 Canadian federal election was held on December 17, 1917, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Canada. Described by historian Michael Bliss as the "most bitter election in Canadian history", it was fought mainly over the issue of conscription...
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