Scott Sinclair | |
|---|---|
| Member of theLegislative Assembly of Alberta forLesser Slave Lake | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Rehn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1984-09-12)September 12, 1984 (age 40) Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Independent (since March 2025) |
| Other political affiliations | UCP (until March 2025) |
Scott Sinclair (born September 12, 1984)[1] is a Canadian politician and former hockey player fromAlberta. He has been a member of theLegislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA) for the riding ofLesser Slave Lake since 2023, having succeededPat Rehn in thatyear's election.
Sinclair isFirst Nation, and was the UCP’s only Indigenous candidate in the2023 election.[2]
Having been elected as aUnited Conservative MLA, on March 7, 2025 Sinclair was removed from the UCP Caucus over comments made criticizing the budget.[3]
Sinclair is the son of Gordon and Val Sinclair.[4][5] He played major junior hockey in theSaskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) andAlberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) with theEstevan Bruins,Lloydminster Blazers andYorkton Terriers, winning a league championship in the 2004–05 season with Yorkton.[6] He works in the auto glass business.[4]
He isNon-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]
| 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 Conservativehold | Swing | +5.15 | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Elections Alberta[10] | ||||||||
February 25–26, 2023[11]
| 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 | ||
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