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♂ William H. Sinclair
aliasWilliam H. Sinclair
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
North-Western Territories 1 0 1
Birth 8 February 1864 → 160 years + 2 months ago
Lived 38 years + 7 months
First mandate 21 May 1902 → 121 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 3 months
Death 27 September 1902 → 121 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William H. Sinclair (1864–1902)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Conservative in the last legislature of the North-West Territories, Sinclair served only four months. While on a hunting trip, he accidentally shot himself while stowing away his gun.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
North-Western Territories 0 4 7 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 330 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30595(F) — 1 Mar 2022 12:56 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LICO
 1/2 239 72.42% +148 Loser:
LIB
 91 27.58% James Leslie
After his election:
27 Sep 1902 38
LICO
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
9 December 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30618(F) — 26 Mar 2024 21:41 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
38		 Successor:
LICO
 195 51.86% James Clinkskill

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William H. Sinclair		 28 Jan 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 13, 19, 33)		 28 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Henry Sinclair		 28 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
William Henry Sinclair		 28 Jan 2024

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