John "Jack" William Shera was a Canadian politician who served as a

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of the North-West Legislative Assembly from 1898 until 1905, representing the district of Victoria in what is now eastern

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Early life

Shera was born in Ireland in the 1860s. He emigrated to Canada in 1872, first settling in Toronto. He moved to Regina (then part of the

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) in 1882, and later to

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Political career

He first ran for office as an independent in the Northwest Territories general election of 1898, unseating incumbent Victoria MLA Frank Fraser Tims. He was re-elected in

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with a larger share of the vote. When Alberta became a province in 1905, Shera sought re-election in the smaller Victoria district, this time running as a

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. He was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Francis A. Walker, and retired from politics.

Electoral record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shera, Jack 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories 1860s births 1955 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories