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♂ John William Shera
aliasJack Shera
Record
56431 · 8841

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 0 1 1
North-Western Territories 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth c. 1867 → 157 years ago
Lived ± 89 years
First mandate 4 November 1898 → 125 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 31 years
Death c. 1956 → 68 years ago
Exit → Death ± 50 years + 4 months after 31 August 1905
Special notes
None
 

John William Shera (c.1867–c.1956)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
North-Western Territories 6 9 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Frank F. Tims  m 
 		 ⊖ Francis A. Walker  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 463 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30569(F) — 19 Oct 2023 07:03 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±31
IND
 1/2 242 52.27% +21 Loser:
IND
 221 47.73% Frank F. Tims

Service: 3 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 641 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30602(F) — 19 Oct 2023 07:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±35
IND
 1/2 424 66.15% +207 Loser:
IND
 217 33.85% Gus Doze

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,358 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27410(F) — 19 Oct 2023 07:03 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±38
CONS
 2/2 409 30.12% -540 Winner:
LIB
 949 69.88% Francis A. Walker

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John W Shera		 24 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 12-13, 19, 35)		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jack Shera		 24 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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