Ian David Sinclair, OC QC (December 27, 1913 – April 7, 2006) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and senator.
In 1942, he started at Canadian Pacific Ltd. in the law department as an assistant solicitor and eventually rose to become president and CEO in 1969.
[citation needed] While president, Sinclair assisted Father David Bauer and the Canada men's national ice hockey team by arranging free and discounted transportation for the team.
[1] In 1983, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada and represented the senatorial division of Halton, Ontario.
In the late 1970s, he was the subject of the television documentary "Best Job in Canada" in which he disclosed that his weekly salary was $10,700.