James McShane

James McShane

Infobox Mayor


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honorific-prefix = Mayor
name = James McShane
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order = 21st Mayor of Montreal
term_start = 1891
term_end = 1893
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predecessor = Jacques Grenier
successor = Alphonse Desjardins
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birth_date = 7 November 1833
birth_place = Montreal, Lower Canada
death_date = death date and age|1918|12|14|1833|11|7
death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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profession = businessman
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James McShane (7 November 1833 – 14 December 1918) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was mayor of Montreal, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.

Background

Born in Montreal, the son of James McShane and Ellen Quinn, he worked as an exporter of livestock to England. He served as a volunteer in the militia during the Fenian raids in 1866.

Montreal City Politics

He represented the Sainte-Anne Ward on the Montreal City Council, from 1868 to 1873, 1874 to 1881 and from 1883 to 1887. From 1891 to 1893, he was the mayor of Montreal.

Member of the Provincial Legislature

In 1873, he was defeated as the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate in a Quebec provincial by-election in the riding of Montréal-Ouest.

He was elected in the 1878 provincial election and re-elected in 1881, 1886, and 1890. From 1887 to 1888, he was commissioner of agriculture and public works in the cabinet of Premier Honoré Mercier. He was defeated in the 1892 provincial election.

Federal Politics

In 1895, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election in the riding of Montreal Centre. A Liberal, he was defeated in the 1896 federal election in the riding of St. Anne.

Retirement

After leaving politics, he was involved with the Montreal Harbour Commission and was harbour-master from 1900 to 1912.

References

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