| Honorific prefix | Mayor |
|---|---|
| Order | 21st Mayor of Montreal |
| Term start | 1891 |
| Term end | 1893 |
| Predecessor | Jacques Grenier |
| Successor | Alphonse Desjardins |
| Constituency mp 2 | Montreal Centre |
| Parliament 2 | Canadian |
| Predecessor 2 | John Joseph Curran |
| Successor 2 | None, district abolished |
| Term start 2 | 1895 |
| Term end 2 | 1896 |
| Office 3 | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal division no. 6 |
| Predecessor 3 | None, district created |
| Successor 3 | Patrick Kennedy |
| Term start 3 | 1890 |
| Term end 3 | 1892 |
| Office 4 | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Centre |
| Predecessor 4 | George Washington Stephens |
| Successor 4 | None, district abolished |
| Term start 4 | 1886 |
| Term end 4 | 1890 |
| Office 5 | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Ouest |
| Predecessor 5 | John Wait McGauvran |
| Successor 5 | John Smythe Hall |
| Term start 5 | 1878 |
| Term end 5 | 1886 |
| Birth date | 7 November 1833 |
| Birth place | Montreal, Lower Canada |
| Death date | 14 December 1918 (aged 85) |
| Death place | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Other party | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Profession | businessman |
| Cabinet | Quebec: Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works (1887-1888) |
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 House of Commons of Canada.
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.[citation needed]
He was elected in the 1878 provincial election and re-elected in 1881. He was elected in Montréal-Centre in 1886, and in Montréal division no. 6 in 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.[citation needed]
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. After his death in 1918, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]
References
- ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.