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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