title: Jack Shera
text: # Jack Shera
  
  John "Jack" William Shera was a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the North-West Legislative Assembly from 1898 until 1905, representing the district of Victoria in what is now eastern Alberta.
  
  ## 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 Northwest Territories) in 1882, and later to Fort Saskatchewan.
  
  ## 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 1902 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 Conservative. He was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Francis A. Walker, and retired from politics.
  
  ## Electoral record
  
  vte1898 North-West Territories general election: Victoria :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | John William Shera | 242 | 52.27 |
  | | Independent | Frank Fraser Tims | 221 | 47.73 |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 463 | 100.00 |
  | Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30. |||||||
  
  vte1902 North-West Territories general election: Victoria :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | John William Shera | 424 | 66.15 | +13.88 |
  | | Independent | Gus Doze | 217 | 33.85 |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 641 | 100.00 |
  | Source(s) "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30. |||||||
  
  vte1905 Alberta general election: Victoria :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Francis A. Walker | 949 | 69.88 |
  | | Conservative | John William Shera | 409 | 30.12 |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,358 |
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  | Source(s) "Results for Victoria". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2017-02-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) |||||||
  