14-623: Sinclair Building or Sinclair Oil Building may refer to: Sinclair Centre , Vancouver, British Columbia Smulekoffs Furniture Store , Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly known as the Sinclair Building Sinclair, Rooney & Co. Building , Buffalo, New York 600 Fifth Avenue at Rockefeller Center , Manhattan, New York, formerly known as the Sinclair Oil Building Liberty Tower (Manhattan) , New York, formerly known as
28-486: A failed attempted scheme to kidnap four prominent Vancouver-area families including James Sinclair's. Sinclair was married in Saint Stephen's Anglican Church, West Vancouver on 2 November 1940 to Doris Kathleen Bernard (11 February 1920; Penticton, British Columbia – 29 March 2012; Saanich, British Columbia ). They had five daughters. His fourth daughter was Margaret Joan Trudeau née Sinclair , one-time wife of
42-517: A squadron leader. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Vancouver North in the 1940 federal election . A Liberal , he was re-elected in 1945 in the riding of Vancouver North, and in 1949 , 1953 , and 1957 in the riding of Coast-Capilano . He was defeated in the 1958 federal election . From 1949 to 1952, he was the Parliamentary Assistant to
56-461: Is an upscale shopping mall in Downtown Vancouver , British Columbia . It is located at 757 West Hastings Street between Granville and Howe streets. The centre comprises four buildings that were restored and connected by a new atrium space designed by Henriquez Partners Architects and Toby Russell Buckwell Architects in 1986. The cost for this work was 38 million. The main post office
70-449: The 15th Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and mother of 23rd and current Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , Alexandre Trudeau and Michel Trudeau . Many, including Jean Chrétien and Justin Trudeau himself, have noted the family resemblance in physical appearance between Sinclair and Justin Trudeau. Sinclair is also the namesake of both Justin Trudeau (whose middle name
84-614: The Minister of Finance. From 1952 to 1957, he was the Minister of Fisheries . He was one of the first to make a mission to Soviet Union, that was in 1955. At that occasion he was injured.At that occasion he invited Alexander Ishkov, his soviet colleague, to visit Canada in 1956. From 1958 to 1960, he was the President of Fisheries Association of British Columbia . From 1960 to 1970, he was president and Chairman of Lafarge Cement of North America. He
98-487: The Sinclair Oil Building Sinclair House (Manhattan hotel) Sinclair Building (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Sinclair Building (Fort Worth) , Texas See also [ edit ] Sinclair Oil Corporation Sinclair Service Station (disambiguation) Sinclair House (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
112-643: The area's first vocational school , and served as the school's second principal from 1930 until 1944. Sinclair studied engineering at the University of British Columbia and was awarded a Rhodes scholarship in 1928 to study mathematics at St John's College, in the University of Oxford . He also studied mathematical physics at Princeton University . During World War II , he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in North Africa, Malta , and Sicily as
126-590: The building has a seven floor office tower occupied by the federal government. The buildings that comprise the centre are the Post Office (1910 - David Ewart ), the handsome and architecturally esteemed Winch Building (1911 - Thomas Hooper ), the Customs Examining Warehouse (1913 - David Ewart ), and the Federal Building (1937 - Thomas W. Fuller ). The mall is home to elite boutiques. The complex
140-484: The title Sinclair Building . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sinclair_Building&oldid=976600548 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sinclair Centre Sinclair Centre
154-488: Was a Canadian politician and businessman. He was the maternal grandfather of current Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau . Sinclair was born in Crossroads, Grange , Banffshire, Scotland, the son of James George Sinclair and Betsy Sinclair (née Ross). He moved to Vancouver with his family in 1911 where his father, who had already immigrated a year earlier, was among the founders of Vancouver Technical Secondary School ,
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#1733202205510168-505: Was also a director of the Bank of Montreal and of Canadian Industries limited. He took part in the economic mission headed by Charles Drury with people such as Paul Desmarais , Yves Dubé , Marcel Faribeault to France in June 1966. From 1970 to 1973 he was Deputy Chairman of Canada Cement Lafarge Limited. In 1978, according to testimony in the trial of four murdered teenagers, their killings were part of
182-456: Was housed here from 1910 until the new one opened in 1958. The Post Office Building is in an Edwardian Baroque style, combining English and French influences. It features an atrium clock consisting of four 12-foot-diameter (3.7 m) clocks built in 1909 and is the largest clock movement in Western Canada ; the minute hands alone weigh 92 kilograms (202 pounds) each. In addition to the mall,
196-517: Was renovated in 1986 and announced on November 13, 1983 that it was renamed after James Sinclair , member of Parliament for Vancouver North and later Coast—Capilano as well as Minister of Fisheries. Sinclair is the maternal grandfather of 23rd Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau . 49°17′09″N 123°06′50″W / 49.285968°N 123.113868°W / 49.285968; -123.113868 James Sinclair (politician) James Sinclair PC (26 May 1908 – 7 February 1984)
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