{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sinclair Alexander Whittaker | constituency_AM = Moose Jaw County | assembly = Saskatchewan Legislative | term_start = 1929 | term_end = 1934 | successor = Thomas Waddell | birth_date = 1888 | birth_place = Port Perry, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|07|10|1888}} | party = Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan | occupation = Operated general stores | known_for = Briercrest Bible Institute founder/chairman<br>Retail Merchants Association of Saskatchewan chairman }}

'''Sinclair Alexander Whittaker''' (1888 &ndash; July 10, 1974<ref name="hansard"/>) was a merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moose Jaw County from 1929 to 1934 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Conservative.

He was born in Port Perry, Ontario and, in 1910, moved to Briercrest, Saskatchewan. He operated a small chain of general stores in the province. Sinclair helped found the Briercrest Bible Institute<ref>[https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/84/briercrestbibleinstitute.shtml Manitoba Historical Society, ''Manitoba History: “Evangelization, Not Legislation”: Christian Fundamentalism, The Briercrest Bible Institute, and the Politics of the Great Depression''], article by Nolan Brown, dated summer 2017</ref> and served as chairman of the board for the institute. He also was chairman of the Retail Merchants Association of Saskatchewan.<ref name="hansard">{{cite web |url=http://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Hansard/17L5S/741129Hansard.pdf |title=Hansard |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |date=November 29, 1974 |accessdate=2012-03-17}}</ref> He was defeated by Thomas Waddell when he ran for re-election in 1934.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-12 }}</ref>

==See also== *William Aberhart *Henry Hildebrand

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