Scott Sinclair (politician)
Scott Sinclair | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Lesser Slave Lake | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Rehn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 12, 1984 Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | UCP |
Scott Sinclair (born September 12, 1984)[1] is a United Conservative Party MLA representing the Alberta riding of Lesser Slave Lake and succeeding outgoing MLA Pat Rehn.[2]
Sinclair is the son of Gordon and Val Sinclair.[3][4] 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.[5] He is Non-status First Nations, and one of three Indigenous MLAs elected in the 2023 election.[6][7] He works in the auto glass business.[3]
Sinclair is non-status First Nation and was the UCP’s only Indigenous candidate in the 2023 election.[8]
Electoral history[edit]
2023 general election[edit]
| 2023 Alberta general election: Lesser Slave Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Scott Sinclair | 5,171 | 65.04 | +7.35 | ||||
| New Democratic | Danielle Larivee | 2,636 | 33.15 | -2.95 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Bert Seatter | 144 | 1.81 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,951 | 99.36 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 51 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,002 | 49.03 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,322 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | +5.15 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[9] | ||||||||
2023 UCP Lesser Slave Lake nomination contest[edit]
February 25-26, 2023[10]
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Scott Sinclair | 230 | 42.0 | 235 | 45.7 | 246 | 50.5 | ||
| Martine Carifelle | 231 | 42.2 | 231 | 44.9 | 241 | 49.5 | ||
| Jerrad Cunningham | 47 | 8.6 | 48 | 9.3 | Eliminated | |||
| Silas Yellowknee | 40 | 7.3 | Eliminated | |||||
| Total | 548 | 100.00 | 514 | 100.00 | 487 | 100.00 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ *Scott Sinclair career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- ^ Smith, Tanner. "Unofficial election results show UCP newcomer Nolan Dyck winning in Grande Prairie". EverythingGP. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Sinclair declares intention to seek UCP nomination -". July 3, 2022.
- ^ "UCP's Sinclair wins Lesser Slave Lake -". May 30, 2023.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230531044307/https://www.unitedconservative.ca/nominated-candidates/scott-sinclair/
- ^ "Beyond Local: Fewer Indigenous candidates in Alberta election but higher chance of victory for some". TownAndCountryToday.com. May 12, 2023.
- ^ "3 First Nations MLAs emerge victorious in Alberta - APTN News".
- ^ "Alberta Election 2023: Number of diverse, women MLAs on the rise in Alberta legislature". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ^ "70 - Lesser Slave Lake". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "Lesser Slave Lake" (PDF). United Conservative Party. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
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