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Sep 01, 1875 Died on 01 Jan 0001 (aged 1874)
Canadian politician
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About John Albert Sheppard
- John Albert Sheppard (September 1, 1875 – 1947) was an educator, farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- He represented Moose Jaw County in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1916 as a Liberal. He was born in Mount Forest, Ontario in 1875, the son of John Sheppard and Margaret Reid, and was educated in Mount Forest and at the normal school in Toronto.
- Sheppard taught school in Ontario and in the Moose Jaw district.
- In 1896, he married Florence Herring.
- Sheppard was speaker for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1912 to 1916.
- He was defeated by John Edwin Chisholm in a 1916 by-election requested by Sheppard to "give him the opportunity of vindicating his character by an appeal to the people".
- Sheppard was reacting to the findings of a Royal Commission which found him guilty on two charges of receiving money in return for liquor licenses.
- He died in 1947.
