# John Sharples Jr.

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name             = John Sharples
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| image            = John Sharples, Jr.png
| office           = Member of the [Legislative Council of Quebec](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Quebec) for Stadacona
| predecessor      = [John Roche](/source/John_Roche_(Canadian_politician))
| successor        = [John Charles Kaine](/source/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](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Quebec_(historical))
| relations        = [John Sharples](/source/John_Sharples_Sr.), father
| children         = 
| alma_mater       = 
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}}

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

Born in Notre-Dame de Québec, the son of [John Sharples](/source/John_Sharples_Sr.) and Honoria Ann Alleyn, Sharples was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie in [Montreal](/source/Montreal). In 1871, he joined his father's business. He was also the president of the [Union Bank of Canada](/source/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](/source/Sillery%2C_Quebec_City), a post his father also held. He was appointed to the [Legislative Council of Quebec](/source/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](/source/Order_of_St._Gregory_the_Great) by [Pope Pius X](/source/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](/source/Internet_Archive)|year=1908|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofquebeci02sultuoft}}

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