Scott Sinclair (politician)

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| name = Scott Sinclair

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|9|12}}

| birth_place = Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lesser Slave Lake

| term_start = May 29, 2023

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| predecessor = Pat Rehn

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| party = Independent (since March 2025)

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| honorific_suffix = MLA

| otherparty = UCP (until March 2025)

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Scott Sinclair (born September 12, 1984)*{{Hockeydb|66062}} is a Canadian politician and former hockey player from Alberta. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA) for the riding of Lesser Slave Lake since 2023, having succeeded Pat Rehn in that year's election.

Sinclair is First Nation, and was the UCP’s only Indigenous candidate in the 2023 election.{{Cite web |title=Alberta Election 2023: Number of diverse, women MLAs on the rise in Alberta legislature |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-election-2023-number-of-diverse-women-mlas-on-the-rise-in-alberta-legislature |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=edmontonjournal |language=en-CA}}

Having been elected as a United Conservative MLA, on March 7, 2025 Sinclair was removed from the UCP Caucus over comments made criticizing the budget.{{Cite web |title=Rural Alberta MLA booted from UCP caucus for refusing to support budget {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/11072303/lesser-slave-lake-scott-sinclair-ucp-caucus-removal/amp/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=globalnews.ca |language=en-US}}

Biography

Sinclair is the son of Gordon and Val Sinclair.{{Cite web|url=https://www.southpeacenews.com/sinclair-declares-intention-to-seek-ucp-nomination/|title=Sinclair declares intention to seek UCP nomination -|date=July 3, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.southpeacenews.com/ucps-sinclair-wins-lesser-slave-lake/|title=UCP's Sinclair wins Lesser Slave Lake -|date=May 30, 2023}} He played major junior hockey in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) with the Estevan Bruins, Lloydminster Blazers and Yorkton Terriers, winning a league championship in the 2004–05 season with Yorkton.{{cite web | url=https://www.unitedconservative.ca/nominated-candidates/scott-sinclair/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531044307/https://www.unitedconservative.ca/nominated-candidates/scott-sinclair/ | archive-date=2023-05-31 | title=Scott Sinclair – the United Conservative Party }} He works in the auto glass business.

He is Non-status First Nations, and one of three Indigenous MLAs elected in the 2023 election.{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2023 |title=Beyond Local: Fewer Indigenous candidates in Alberta election but higher chance of victory for some |url=https://www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local/fewer-indigenous-candidates-in-alberta-election-but-higher-chance-of-victory-for-some-6990758 |website=TownAndCountryToday.com}}{{Cite web |title=3 First Nations MLAs emerge victorious in Alberta - APTN News |url=https://www.aptnnews.ca/featured/2-first-nations-mlas-emerge-victorious-in-alberta/}} Following his election, he became Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Policing.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-05 |title=Sinclair Talks About Being MLA, and Parliamentary Secretary Role |url=https://www.rivercountry.fm/sinclair-talks-about-being-mla-and-parliamentary-secretary-role/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=River Country |language=en-US}}

Electoral history

=2023 general election=

=2023 UCP Lesser Slave Lake nomination contest=

February 25–26, 2023{{cite web |title=Lesser Slave Lake |url=https://www.unitedconservative.ca/wp-content/uploads/SLAVELAKEFEB.pdf |website=United Conservative Party |access-date=14 March 2024}}

class="wikitable" ! rowspan=2 \| Candidate ! colspan=2 \| Round 1 ! colspan=2 \| Round 2 ! colspan=2 \| Round 3
Votes ! % ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! %
Scott Sinclair \|style="text-align:right"\|230 \|style="text-align:right"\|42.0 \|style="text-align:right"\|235 \|style="text-align:right"\|45.7 \|style="text-align:right"\|246 \|style="text-align:right"\|50.5
Martine Carifelle \|style="text-align:right"\|231 \|style="text-align:right"\|42.2 \|style="text-align:right"\|231 \|style="text-align:right"\|44.9 \|style="text-align:right"\|241 \|style="text-align:right"\|49.5
Jerrad Cunningham \|style="text-align:right"\|47 \|style="text-align:right"\|8.6 \|style="text-align:right"\|48 \|style="text-align:right"\|9.3 \|colspan="4" style="text-align:center"\|Eliminated
Silas Yellowknee \|style="text-align:right"\|40 \|style="text-align:right"\|7.3 \|colspan="4" style="text-align:center"\|Eliminated
Total \|style="text-align:right"\|548 \|style="text-align:right"\|100.00 \|style="text-align:right"\|514 \|style="text-align:right"\|100.00 \|style="text-align:right"\|487 \|style="text-align:right"\|100.00

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