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♂ William E.N. Sinclair
aliasWilliam E.N. Sinclair
Record
57021 · 11892

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Ontario 6 1 7
Total 7 2 9
Birth 28 June 1873 → 150 years + 10 months ago
Lived 74 years + 4 months
First mandate 11 December 1911 → 112 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 5 months
Death 26 November 1947 → 76 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William E.N. Sinclair (1873–1947)
© Photo 1945 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 2 5 15
Ontario 20 5 28 Z
TOTAL 22 11 13

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 16–18
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 50–57 15 Jul 1923 — 16 Dec 1930 7 5 1
2. ON 16–18
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 50–60 01 Aug 1923 — 18 Jun 1934 10 10 17

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Charles Calder  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ James P. Moore  m 
 
Eligible: 6,705 Votes: 4,928 Participation: 73.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33952(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 2,577 52.52% +247 Loser:
LC
 2,330 47.48% Charles Calder

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,668 Votes: 5,537 Participation: 83.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34063(F) — 29 Dec 2022 09:20 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
LIB
 2/2 2,720 49.53% -52 Winner:
LC
 2,772 50.47% Charles Calder
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,887 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21377(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
44
LL
 2/2 2,682 34.01% -2,523 Winner:
UNIO
 5,205 65.99% William Smith
Eligible: 16,811 Votes: 12,459 Participation: 74.11% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34196(F) — 17 Dec 2022 12:18 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 7,843 63.97% +3,425 Loser:
LC
 4,418 36.03% Charles Calder

Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,316 Votes: 10,687 Participation: 58.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34323(F) — 22 Sep 2023 13:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 4,212 39.72% +197 Loser:
LC
 4,015 37.87% James P. Moore

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,504 Votes: 15,640 Participation: 72.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34446(F) — 1 Oct 2021 17:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 8,901 57.30% +2,268 Loser:
LC
 6,633 42.70% John Stacey

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,109 Votes: 18,369 Participation: 65.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34558(F) — 1 Oct 2021 17:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 9,791 53.80% +1,383 Loser:
LC
 8,408 46.20% Frank Mason

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 26,599 Votes: 20,327 Participation: 76.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34681(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/3 11,409 56.63% +5,046 Loser:
LC
 6,363 31.58% Ernest Marks

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,920 Votes: 22,480 Participation: 77.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34776(F) — 25 Feb 2022 23:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 9,834 44.13% Gordon D. Conant
Eligible: 35,256 Votes: 26,135 Participation: 74.13% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23240(F) — 27 Jan 2022 10:40 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
71
LIB
 1/4 12,079 46.22% +3,083 Loser:
PC
 8,996 34.42% James R. MacBrien
After his election:
26 Nov 1947 74
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 5 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,256 Votes: 26,039 Participation: 73.86% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
8 June 1948
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23374(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
74		 Successor:
CCF
 10,187 39.12% Arthur H. Williams

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Edmund Newton Sinclair		 20 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Edmund Newton Sinclair		 20 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Edmund Newton Sinclair, M.P.		 20 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Edmund Newton Sinclair, député		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
W.E.N. Sinclair		 20 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
W.E.N. Sinclair		 20 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Feb 2024 13:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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