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.

James Herbert Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Herbert Sinclair: was a U.S. Republican politician.He was elected to North Dakota's State House of Representatives between 1915 and 1919 and then as a Republican member of North Dakota's congressional delegation for 8 consecutive terms between 1919 and 1935.

William Edmund Newton Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Edmund Newton Sinclair: was a Canadian barrister, solicitor and politician. Sinclair was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a candidate of the Ontario Liberal Party in the 1911 provincial election but was defeated in 1914. He returned to politics in the 1917 federal election on conscription (see Conscription Crisis of 1917), Sinclair ran on as part of the anti-conscription "Laurier Liberals" but was again defeated. He returned to provincial politics and was elected again to the Ontario legislature in the 1919 provincial election as the MLA for the riding of Ontario South. Sinclair ran for the leadership of the party in the 1922 leadership convention, but lost to Wellington Hay. Hay resigned following a disastrous election result, and Sinclair served as interim leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1923 to 1930 and also as Leader of the Opposition in the provincial legislature. He was interim leader for that length of time (and through the elections of 1926 and 1929) because of the party's state of disorganization and inability to hold a proper leadership convention. Sinclair also served as mayor of Oshawa from 1910 to 1911, in 1915 and from 1932 to 1934.

John Howard Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Howard Sinclair: was a Canadian politician. 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.

Victor Albert Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Victor Albert Sinclair: was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Oxford South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 to 1919 as a Conservative member. He was called to the bar in 1896 and entered practice in Tillsonburg. Sinclair served on the town council for Tillsonburg and served two years as mayor. He also served as high school trustee from 1910 to 1919. In 1901, he married Gertrude L. Draper. Sinclair served as president of the Tilsonburg Horticultural Club. He was also vice-president of the Tilsonburg Shoe Company. He later served as chairman of the Worker's Compensation Board of Ontario from 1925 to 1934 when he was removed from office by Mitchell Hepburn. He was an insurance lawyer in Toronto from 1935 until his death in March 1944.

Duncan Sinclair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Duncan Sinclair: was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Minto Township, Ontario and became a salesman. He was first elected to Parliament at the Wellington North riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected there in 1926. Sinclair was defeated by John Knox Blair of the Liberals in the 1930 federal election. Sinclair made an unsuccessful bid to unseat Knox in the 1935 election.