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Scott Sinclair (politician)
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Scott Sinclair (born September 12, 1984)[1] 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.
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Sinclair is First Nation, and was the UCP’s only Indigenous candidate in the 2023 election.[2]
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.[3]
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Biography
Sinclair is the son of Gordon and Val Sinclair.[4][5] 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.[6] He works in the auto glass business.[4]
He is Non-status First Nations, and one of three Indigenous MLAs elected in the 2023 election.[7][8] Following his election, he became Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Policing.[9]
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Electoral history
2023 general election
2023 UCP Lesser Slave Lake nomination contest
February 25–26, 2023[11]
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References
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