John Sharples Jr.

{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = John Sharples | honorific_suffix = | image = John Sharples, Jr.png | office = Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Stadacona | predecessor = John Roche | successor = John Charles Kaine | term_start = 1893 | term_end = 1913 | birth_date = {{birth date|1847|1|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Quebec City, Canada East | death_date = {{death date and age|1913|7|30|1847|1|24|df=y}} | death_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | spouse = | party = Conservative | relations = John Sharples, father | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = }}

'''John Sharples''' (24 January 1847 – 30 July 1913) was a Canadian business person and politician.

Born in Notre-Dame de Québec, the son of John Sharples and Honoria Ann Alleyn, Sharples was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal. In 1871, he joined his father's business. He was also the president of the Union Bank of Canada and of the Chronicle Printing Company. He was a member of the Quebec City Council from 1894 to 1898. He was mayor of Sillery, a post his father also held. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Stadacona in 1893. He served until his death in 1913. He was made a Knight of Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius X in 1907.

==References== * {{Quebec MLC biography|sharples-%28fils%29-john-401}} * {{cite web|title=A history of Quebec, its resources and people, Vol. 2|work=Internet Archive|year=1908|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofquebeci02sultuoft}}

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