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♂ Donald Sinclair
aliasDonald Sinclair
Record
56991 · 7242

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 0 4
Birth 15 July 1829 → 194 years + 9 months ago
Lived 71 years + 4 months
First mandate 3 September 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
Death 19 November 1900 → 123 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 8 months after 26 February 1883
Special notes
None
 

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
Ontario 15 5 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John W.S. Biggar  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32607(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32690(F) — 22 Jul 2023 15:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 42
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 9 months 27 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 3,203 Votes: 2,202 Participation: 68.75% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32772(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 1,232 55.95% +262 Loser:
IND
 970 44.05% A.L. Sinclair

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,684 Votes: 2,970 Participation: 63.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32860(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 1,686 56.77% +402 Loser:
LC
 1,284 43.23% John W.S. Biggar

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,091 Votes: 2,252 Participation: 44.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32948(F) — 24 Sep 2023 13:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
ILIB
 1,186 52.66% John Gillies

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Donald Sinclair		 22 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Donald Sinclair		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Sinclair (Ontario politician)		 22 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Oct 2023 20:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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