Sir Colin Sinclair | |
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Secretary for Lands | |
In office 1 February 1938 – 6 November 1940 | |
Premier |
Bertram Stevens Alexander Mair |
Preceded by | Ernest Buttenshaw |
Succeeded by | Alfred Yeo |
Member of the
New South Wales Parliament for Namoi | |
In office 11 June 1932 – 18 April 1941 | |
Preceded by | William Scully |
Succeeded by | Raymond Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | Inverell, Colony of New South Wales | 24 December 1876
Died | 17 March 1956 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 79)
Political party |
Progressive (to 1925) Country |
Sir Colin Archibald Sinclair KBE (24 December 1876 – 17 March 1956) was an Australian politician.
Sinclair was born in Inverell, New South Wales and educated at the New England Grammar School, Armidale and the University of Sydney ( BA 1899, LLB 1905). He married Edith Grant in 1916. [1]
Sinclair was elected as the member for Namoi in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1932, [2] and was Secretary for Lands from February 1938 to November 1940, [3] when he resigned after suggestions that he had a conflict of interest, as a result of his recent appointment as a director of the Bank of New South Wales. He did not run for re-election in Namoi in 1941. [2]
Sinclair was president of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales from 1943 to 1954 and President of the Bank of New South Wales from 1952 to 1954. [4] [5] [6] [7] He also served as a president of the Australian Club. He died in Sydney. [1] Sinclair was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1953 New Year Honours. [8]
Sir Colin Sinclair | |
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Secretary for Lands | |
In office 1 February 1938 – 6 November 1940 | |
Premier |
Bertram Stevens Alexander Mair |
Preceded by | Ernest Buttenshaw |
Succeeded by | Alfred Yeo |
Member of the
New South Wales Parliament for Namoi | |
In office 11 June 1932 – 18 April 1941 | |
Preceded by | William Scully |
Succeeded by | Raymond Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | Inverell, Colony of New South Wales | 24 December 1876
Died | 17 March 1956 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 79)
Political party |
Progressive (to 1925) Country |
Sir Colin Archibald Sinclair KBE (24 December 1876 – 17 March 1956) was an Australian politician.
Sinclair was born in Inverell, New South Wales and educated at the New England Grammar School, Armidale and the University of Sydney ( BA 1899, LLB 1905). He married Edith Grant in 1916. [1]
Sinclair was elected as the member for Namoi in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1932, [2] and was Secretary for Lands from February 1938 to November 1940, [3] when he resigned after suggestions that he had a conflict of interest, as a result of his recent appointment as a director of the Bank of New South Wales. He did not run for re-election in Namoi in 1941. [2]
Sinclair was president of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales from 1943 to 1954 and President of the Bank of New South Wales from 1952 to 1954. [4] [5] [6] [7] He also served as a president of the Australian Club. He died in Sydney. [1] Sinclair was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1953 New Year Honours. [8]