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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1848–1924)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name             = John Howard Sinclair
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| image            = John Howard Sinclair.jpg
| constituency_MP  = [[Antigonish—Guysborough]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = District was created in 1914
| successor        = [[Colin Francis McIsaac]]
| term_start       = 1917
| term_end         = 1921

| constituency_MP2 = [[Guysborough (federal electoral district)|Guysborough]]
| parliament2      = Canadian
| predecessor2     = [[Duncan Cameron Fraser]]
| successor2       = District was abolished in 1914
| term_start2      = 1904
| term_end2        = 1917

| office3          = Member of the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]] for Guysborough
| predecessor3     = 
| successor3       = 
| term_start3      = 1894
| term_end3        = 1904

| birth_date       = {{birth date|1848|5|27}}
| birth_place      = Goshen, Nova Scotia
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1924|6|8|1848|5|27}}
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| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
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'''John Howard Sinclair''' (May 27, 1848 &ndash; June 8, 1924) was a [[Canadian]] politician.

Born in [[Goshen, Nova Scotia|Goshen]], [[Guysborough County, Nova Scotia|Guysborough]], [[Nova Scotia]], Sinclair was educated in the Common School of Goshen, Guysborough Academy and [[Dalhousie University|Dalhousie College]], Halifax. A lawyer, he was Mayor of [[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia|New Glasgow]] in 1890-91 and member of the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]] from 1894 to 1904. He was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for [[Guysborough (federal electoral district)|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 Party of Canada|Liberal]], he was re-elected in [[1904 Canadian federal election|1904]], [[1908 Canadian federal election|1908]], [[1911 Canadian federal election|1911]], and [[1917 Canadian federal election|1917]].

== Electoral record ==
{{1904 Canadian federal election/Guysborough}}

{{CanElec1-by|16 March 1904}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|John Howard Sinclair|2,004}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|S.O. Griffin|1,643}}
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{{1908 Canadian federal election/Guysborough}}
{{1911 Canadian federal election/Guysborough}}
{{1917 Canadian federal election/Antigonish—Guysborough}}

==References==
* [https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame00montuoft The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904]

==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=4422}}

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[[Category:1848 births]]
[[Category:1924 deaths]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs]]
[[Category:19th-century mayors of places in Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]

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