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♂ John Albert Sheppard
aliasJohn Sheppard
Record
56422 · 9073

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 1 4
Birth 1 September 1875 → 148 years + 8 months ago
Lived 71 years + 10 months
First mandate 13 December 1905 → 118 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 3 months
Death 31 July 1947 → 76 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 8 months after 1 November 1916
Special notes
None
 
John Albert Sheppard (1875–1947)
© Photo 1916 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
When a royal commission found Sheppard guilty on two charges of receiving money in return for liquor licenses, he resigned to request a by-election "to give him the opportunity of vindicating his character by an appeal to the people." The gamble didn't pay off: John Chisholm narrowly defeated him in that by-election.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 10 10 17 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 3
LIB
 1 Speaker 37–41 14 Nov 1912 — 15 Oct 1916 3 11 1

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John E. Chisholm  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,452 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Saskatchewan
13 December 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 30627(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 759 52.27% +66 Loser:
PRP
 693 47.73% Samuel K. Rathwell

Service: 2 years 8 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,238 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Saskatchewan
14 August 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31111(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 1,129 50.45% +20 Loser:
PRP
 1,109 49.55% Henry Dorrell

Service: 3 years 10 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,557 Votes: 1,595 Participation: 44.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
11 July 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31136(F) — 9 Mar 2022 08:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 973 61.00% +351 Loser:
CONS
 622 39.00% Fred W. Green
After his election:
1 Nov 1916 41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 4 years 3 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,206 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
5 December 1916
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31184(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
ILIB
 2/2 2,058 48.93% -90 Winner:
CONS
 2,148 51.07% John E. Chisholm

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Albert Sheppard		 18 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Sheppard, John Albert 1875 – 1947 (p. 34)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Albert Sheppard		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 22:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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