Scott Sinclair | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lesser Slave Lake | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Rehn |
| Constituency | Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district) |
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| Born | September 12,1984 Slave Lake,Alberta,Canada |
| Party | Independent (from March 2025) |
| Other political affiliations | UCP (until March 2025) |
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.
Contents
- Biography
- Electoral history
- 2023 general election
- 2023 UCP Lesser Slave Lake nomination contest
- References
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]
In July 2025,along with Peter Guthrie,Sinclair announced plans to form a new political party in the name of the Progressive Conservatives. [4] Later that month,it was announced that Sinclair and Guthrie would be joining the Alberta Party and rebranding it as the Progressive Conservative Party. [5] [6] He continues to sit in the Legislative Assembly as an independent.
