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John James McShane (1 October 1882 – 26 May 1972) was a British school teacher and Labour politician.


Early life

He was born in
Wishaw Wishaw (; ; ) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the River Clyde, Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow city centre. The town is part of the Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency), Motherwell and Wishaw c ...
,
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,
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, and was the son of Philip McShane, a coalminer, and his wife Bridget. Both his parents were born in
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. He was educated at St Ignatius School, Wishaw.''Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1931'', p.384


Career

In 1909 McShane became a schoolmaster, and subsequently moved to
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in the English
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, where he was the headmaster of the St Mary's the Mount Catholic School. In
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he was selected as the Labour Party's candidate to contest the Walsall parliamentary constituency. He succeeded in taking the seat, ousting the sitting
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MP William Preston and beating the former Liberal cabinet minister T J Macnamara into third place. McShane was only in parliament for two years, losing his seat to
Joseph Leckie Joseph Alexander Leckie (24 May 1866 – 9 August 1938) was a British Liberal, later Liberal National politician and leather manufacturer. Education and business life Leckie was born in Govan in Glasgow, the son of John and Isabella Leckie. He ...
of the Liberals at the 1931 general election. McShane returned to teaching. He was the first headmaster of the Joseph Leckie Secondary Modern School, named after his successor in parliament, which opened in 1939.


Death

McShane died in 1972, aged 89.


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* 1882 births 1972 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1929–1931 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub