{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = JHWSKemmis.jpg | image_size = | name = John Kemmis | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1867|10|1}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1942|10|13|1867|10|1}} | birth_place = Ooty, Madras Presidency, India | death_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Pincher Creek | term_start = 1911 | term_end = 1921 | alongside = | predecessor = David Warnock | successor = Earle Cook | party = Conservative | spouse = | occupation = rancher, farmer }}
'''John Henry William Shore Kemmis''' (October 1, 1867 – October 13, 1942) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1911 to 1921.
==Political career== Kemmis first ran for the Alberta Legislature as a Conservative candidate in the 1905 general election. He finished a very strong third place in the electoral district of Pincher Creek.
Running in a by-election held on October 31, 1911, he defeated Liberal candidate J.F. Ross and won the seat.
In the 1913 general election Kemmis retained the seat by a slim margin of 61 votes. In 1917 he defeated two other candidates. He retired from the Legislature at dissolution in 1921.
==Later life== He died in Calgary, Alberta in 1942.<ref>{{cite news|title=Noted Alberta Pioneer, J. H. Kemmis, Dies|date=October 14, 1942|page=11|newspaper=Calgary Herald|location=Calgary, Alberta|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25521009/calgary_herald/|accessdate=November 18, 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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