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Liberals remained at the 14 seats they had in 1926, and dropped to 13 seats in the 1929 election. Sinclair initially decided to run for the permanent leadership in 1930, but because of the party's failure to make gains during his tenure, he attracted little support, and withdrew before balloting
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He returned to provincial politics and was elected again to the
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barrister, solicitor and interim leader of the
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for three years and then retired from the legislature at the
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Members of the House of
Commons of Canada from Ontario
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530:Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
525:W. E. N. Sinclair – Parliament of Canada biography
500:from 1910 to 1911, in 1915 and from 1932 to 1934.
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349:, the son of John Sinclair, and was educated at
329:(June 28, 1873 – November 26, 1947), known as
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553:(Interim) Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
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1139:Leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party
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510:Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1922
458:because the newly elected leader,
361:Sinclair was first elected to the
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1154:20th-century Canadian legislators
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496:Sinclair also served as mayor of
16:Canadian politician and barrister
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572:Leader of the Opposition in the
470:. Sinclair sat as a government
380:He returned to politics in the
363:Legislative Assembly of Ontario
485:, Sinclair was elected to the
430:from 1923 to 1930 and also as
327:William Edmund Newton Sinclair
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970:City of Oshawa (1923–present)
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493:. He died in office in 1947.
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390:Conscription Crisis of 1917
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1124:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
889:Town of Oshawa (1879–1923)
487:House of Commons of Canada
396:" but was again defeated.
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452:Leader of the Opposition
432:Leader of the Opposition
401:1919 provincial election
371:1911 provincial election
347:Whitby Township, Ontario
269:Whitby Township, Ontario
491:Liberal Party of Canada
1119:Canadian Presbyterians
365:as a candidate of the
483:1945 federal election
444:leadership convention
428:Ontario Liberal Party
416:leadership convention
382:1917 federal election
367:Ontario Liberal Party
345:Sinclair was born in
76:Arthur Henry Williams
584:George Stewart Henry
373:but was defeated in
118:Gordon Daniel Conant
36:Member of Parliament
574:Ontario Legislature
450:began. He remained
242:1911, 1915, 1932-34
64:William Henry Moore
464:Premier of Ontario
407:for the riding of
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214:Constituency
203:Succeeded by
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169:Constituency
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158:Succeeded by
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124:Constituency
113:Succeeded by
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90:
71:Succeeded by
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18:
1114:1947 deaths
1109:1873 births
909:W. F. Cowan
735:Wintermeyer
472:backbencher
191:Preceded by
146:Preceded by
101:Preceded by
83:Ontario MPP
59:Preceded by
1103:Categories
1046:L. Gifford
1040:L. Gifford
921:McLaughlin
578:1923–1934
557:1923–1930
504:References
454:until the
341:Background
313:Occupation
262:1873-06-28
106:New riding
1061:Potticary
991:Macdonald
946:Edmondson
679:Proudfoot
305:Spouse(s)
238:In office
224:Mayor of
185:1911–1914
181:In office
140:1919–1934
136:In office
95:1934–1937
91:In office
53:1945–1947
49:In office
1023:McCallum
1011:Anderson
995:Sinclair
985:Mitchell
950:Sinclair
939:Sinclair
903:J. Cowan
805:Del Duca
789:McGuinty
766:R. Nixon
761:Peterson
751:R. Nixon
746:Thompson
710:H. Nixon
694:Sinclair
639:McKellar
489:for the
357:Politics
335:Canadian
333:, was a
1073:Diamond
1058:McNeely
1052:Murdoch
1008:Coleman
1005:McLeese
982:Preston
882:Ontario
816:Crombie
778:Bradley
725:Thomson
715:Hepburn
699:Hepburn
481:In the
468:Cabinet
426:of the
403:as the
369:in the
299:Liberal
289:Ontario
230:Ontario
128:Ontario
41:Ontario
1088:Carter
1065:Pilkey
1055:Mackey
1043:Thomas
1037:Naylor
1031:Naylor
999:Stacey
979:Schell
962:Stacey
955:Conant
943:Gibson
931:Kaiser
878:Oshawa
874:Mayors
810:Fraser
799:Fraser
784:McLeod
772:Elston
740:Oliver
730:Oliver
720:Oliver
704:Conant
684:Dewart
674:Rowell
669:MacKay
664:Graham
498:Oshawa
316:Lawyer
285:Ottawa
226:Oshawa
1083:Henry
1069:Mason
1049:Marks
1027:Starr
1017:Davis
988:Marks
976:Trick
959:Mason
935:James
926:Fowke
916:Fowke
906:McGee
896:Gibbs
794:Wynne
756:Smith
654:Hardy
649:Mowat
644:Blake
634:Brown
388:(see
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1034:Down
1002:Hall
912:Hare
659:Ross
440:1929
438:and
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375:1914
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