Famous People with Name Sinclair

Sinclair Lewis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sinclair Lewis: American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930 he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters.

Sinclair Walter "Clair" Burgener            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sinclair Walter "Clair" Burgener: was an American Republican politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1973-1983. Burgener was elected to the San Diego City Council in 1953, serving until 1957. On the city council he pushed for the development of Mission Bay Park. Burg

Sinclair McKnight Stevens            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sinclair McKnight Stevens: is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and former parliamentarian. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, defeating Liberal incumbent cabinet minister John Roberts in the riding of York-Simcoe. He won again in the elections of 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980 and 1984. Stevens ran as a candidate in the 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership convention. At the time, he had only three years parliamentary experience, but five of the other candidates had also entered parliament in 1972. He finished seventh (of eleven candidates) on the first ballot, and withdrew in favour of the eventual victor Joe Clark. This was seen as a surprising move, since Stevens was considered right-wing while Clark, a moderate, was on the party's left wing. Mulroney would "think about Steven's dramatic walk for years to come, never pretending to understand it" In 2007, following Tracy Parsons's resignation as leader of the Progressive Canadian Party, Stevens became that party's interim leader.

John Ewen Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Ewen Sinclair: was a Canadian politician. Born in Summerfield, Prince Edward Island, the son of Peter Sinclair, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Prince Edward Island riding of Queen's in 1917 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1921. He was defeated in 1925 but was re-elected in 1926. From 1921 to 1925, he was a Minister without Portfolio. In 1930, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Queen's, Prince Edward Island. He served until his death in 1949.

Duncan James Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Duncan James Sinclair: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Brooke Township, Ontario and became a physician. He was elected to Parliament at the Oxford North riding in the 1921 general election. After serving his only federal term, the 14th Canadian Parliament, Sinclair was defeated in the 1925 federal election by Donald Sutherland of the Conservatives.

James Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Sinclair: was a Canadian politician and businessman. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Vancouver North in the 1940 federal election, and was the only MP who served in WWII. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1945, 1949, 1953, and 1957 in the riding of Coast-Capilano. He was defeated in the 1958 federal election. From 1949 to 1952, he was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance. From 1952 to 1957, he was the Minister of Fisheries. From 1958 to 1960, he was the President of Fisheries Association of British Columbia. From 1960 to 1970, he was President and Chairman of Lafarge Cement of North America. From 1970 to 1973, he was Deputy Chairman of Canada Cement Lafarge Limited.

Jim Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jim Sinclair: is a Non-Status Indian leader from Saskatchewan Canada. Despite his Non-Status, rather than Métis, background, for many years he was one of the pre-eminent Métis leaders in Canada. Jim served as president of the Métis Society of Saskatchewan, and the Association of Métis and Non-Status Indians of Saskatchewan (AMNSIS), forerunners of the contemporary Métis Nation - Saskatchewan. In 1987, during the Canadian constitutional talks that led to the Meech Lake Accord, Sinclair took a strong stance against Premiers Grant Devine of Saskatchewan and Bill Vander Zalm of British Columbia for what he saw as their antagonism to Métis rights. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Sinclair led the national Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. From 1996 to the present he has been President of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples of Saskatchewan.

Peter Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Sinclair: was a Scottish-born farmer and politician in Prince Edward Island. He represented Queen's County in the Canadian House of Commons from 1873 to 1878 as a Liberal member. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1858. Sinclair represented 1st Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1867 to 1873 and from 1882 to 1900 as a Liberal. He served in the Executive Council for the province as government leader from 1872 to 1873 and as minister without portfolio from 1891 to 1898. He was unsuccessful in a bid for reelection to the federal parliament in 1878. Sinclair married Margaret MacMurdo in 1879. He died in Summerfield in 1906.