John Shepherd (1849 – 8 April 1893) was an Australian politician. He was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

to John Shepherd and Eliza Audley. A solicitor, he moved to

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around 1873. On 25 October 1883 he married Margaret Kennedy Yorston Ballantyne, with whom he had a daughter. In 1877 he was elected to the

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for

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; he did not contest the subsequent election in 1880. He returned to the Assembly in 1885 as the member for East Macquarie, but was defeated running for

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in 1887. A

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r, he served his final term on election to Paddington in 1889, and did not contest in 1891. Shepherd died in Sydney in 1893.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherd, John 1849 births 1893 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians Politicians from Melbourne