Scott Sinclair (born September 12, 1984)* is a Canadian politician and former hockey player who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA) for the riding of Lesser Slave Lake since 2023. He is a member of the United Conservative Party (UCP).
Life and career Sinclair is the son of Gordon and Val Sinclair. He played 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. He works in the auto glass business.
He is Non-status First Nations, and one of three Indigenous MLAs elected in the 2023 election. Following his election, he became Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Policing. He was the UCP's only Indigenous candidate in the 2023 election.
On March 7, 2025, Sinclair was removed from the UCP caucus over comments made criticizing that year's budget.
In July 2025, along with Peter Guthrie, Sinclair announced plans to form a new political party in the name of the Progressive Conservatives. Later that month, it was announced that Sinclair and Guthrie would be joining the Alberta Party and rebranding it as the Progressive Conservative Party. However, he never ended up joining the newly-formed Progressive Tory Party of Alberta. In early May 2026, Sinclair returned to the UCP caucus.
Electoral history 2023 general election
2023 UCP Lesser Slave Lake nomination contest February 25–26, 2023 Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Votes % Votes % Votes % Scott Sinclair23042.023545.724650.5 Martine Carifelle23142.223144.924149.5 Jerrad Cunningham478.6489.3Eliminated Silas Yellowknee407.3Eliminated Total548100.00514100.00487100.00
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