Colin Sinclair (politician)

Colin Sinclair (politician)

Sir Colin Archbald 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. He married Edith Grant in 1916.[1]

Sinclair was elected as the member for Namoi in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1932 and was Secretary for Lands from February 1938 to November 1940,[2] 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.

Sinclair was president of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales from 1943 to 1954. He also served as a president of the Australian Club. He died in Sydney.[1]

Honours

Sinclair was appointed a Knight Commander of the British Empire in 1953.[2]

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