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Rice Sheppard

Alderman on the Edmonton City Council
In office December 8, 1913 – December 13, 1915
In office December 8, 1919 – December 12, 1921
In office December 11, 1922 – December 8, 1924
In office December 10, 1928 – November 14, 1934

Born	April 2, 1861 Lambourne, Berks, England
Died	August 26, 1947 (aged 86) Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Labour, Independent
Other political affiliations	Conservative Party of Alberta Social Credit United Farmers of Alberta Civic Progressive Association
Spouse	Elizabeth Mary Major (died 1929), Henrietta Rattan
Profession	Farmer
Religion	United Church of Canada

Rice Sheppard (born April 2, 1861; died August 26, 1947) was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Lambourne is a Civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. The Social Credit Party of Alberta is a provincial Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the Social credit monetary policy The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA is an Agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The United Church of Canada was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Christian denominations two thirds of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (then the largest Canadian Protestant Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He served on Edmonton City Council for many years, ran for mayoral, provincial, and federal office, and was an executive member of the United Farmers of Alberta. The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA is an Agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

1 Early life
2 Political career
3 References

Early life

Sheppard was born April 2, 1861 in Lambourne, Berks, England and was educated at Wesling School. Lambourne is a Civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He took his first job when he was ten years old, working at a store. At the age of twenty-one, he opened a bakery in Clapham; this business expanded to four shops by the time that he sold it in 1897. A bakery (also called baker's or bakehouse) is an establishment which produces or/and sells Bread, pies pastries Cakes Biscuits Clapham is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In 1883, he married Elizabeth Mary Major (she would die in 1929, after which Sheppard would remarry, to Henriette Rattan). He immigrated to Canada in 1897, and took up farming near Edmonton.

Political career

Provincial politics

Sheppard's first bid for elected office took place in the 1909 provincial election, when he sought election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a Conservative candidate in Strathcona. The Alberta general election was 1909 was the second general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. Strathcona is a provincial Electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. He was soundly defeated in the two person race by the incumbent, Liberal Premier Alexander Rutherford. The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Alexander Cameron Rutherford (born Osgoode Ontario 2 February 1857 - died 11 June 1941 Edmonton Alberta) was a lawyer politician and the first Premier Around the same time, Sheppard was active with the Temperance and Moral Reform League of Alberta, which advocated for prohibition in Alberta. Prohibition in Canada refers to a movement and a succession of actions at the local county and provincial levels for the Prohibition of alcohol, beginning in the late 19th century Their efforts would be successful in 1916.

Sheppard was active with the United Farmers of Alberta, and was appointed to a committee responsible for setting up Alberta's first municipal hospitals (the committee was chaired by UFA Health Convenor Irene Parlby and also included UFA President Henry Wise Wood and future Premier Herbert Greenfield). The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA is an Agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Irene Parlby ( January 9, 1868 &ndash July 12, 1965) was a Canadian farm women's leader activist and politician Henry Wise Wood ( May 31, 1860 - June 10, 1941) was born in Missouri but in 1905 moved to Alberta and became president of Herbert W Greenfield ( November 25, 1869 in Winchester, England &ndash August 23, 1949 in Calgary) He never ran for the party, but did seek provincial office in a 1937 by-election in Edmonton. Edmonton provincial electoral district existed in two incarnations from 1905 - 1909 and again from 1921 - 1955 As the UFA had effectively disbanded its political arm after its total defeat in the 1935 election (it would do so formally in 1939), it did not run a candidate in the by-election, and Sheppard ran as an independent; he finished last of five candidates with under one percent of the vote, as Edward Leslie Gray held the riding for the Liberals (Sheppard's other opponents were Joseph Clarke, Margaret Crang, and Jan Lakeman, all of whom had been Labour allies of Sheppard's municipally). The Alberta general election of 1935 was the eighth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Edward Leslie Gray (1895-1992 was a politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Alberta, Canada. Joseph Andrew Clarke (born September 20, 1869; died July 26, 1941) was a politician and lawyer from Canada. Jan Lakeman (born - died) was a mid 20th century Labor rights activist perennial election candidate and former leader of the provincial Communist Party in Alberta There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s

Municipal politics

Rice Sheppard served a total of nearly twelve years on Edmonton City Council and ran in seventeen municipal elections (five for mayor and twelve for alderman). The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The first of these was the 1913 election, when he was elected to a two year term as an alderman. The 1913 municipal election was held December 8, 1913 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, trustees to sit on the public school board He ran for re-election at the conclusion of this term, in the 1915 election, but was defeated, placing tenth of fourteen candidates. The 1915 municipal election was held December 13, 1915 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public Thereafter, he stayed out of municipal politics for four years.

With the advent of political parties at the local level in Edmonton, he aligned himself with the Labour faction, against the more conservative Citizens' Committee. In the 1919 election, Sheppard made a return to aldermanic office, finishing third of twelve candidates, as Labour retained the mayoralty and three of the five available aldermanic seats. The 1919 municipal election was held December 8, 1919 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school Sheppard did not seek re-election at the conclusion of this term, but did return to office in 1922, finishing second of sixteen candidates; he was the only Labour candidate elected this election, as the Citizens' Committee (now renamed the Citizens' League) too every remaining seat. The 1922 municipal election was held December 11, 1922 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school

Rather than seek re-election as an alderman in the 1924 election, Sheppard challenged mayor Kenny Blatchford's re-election attempt. The 1924 municipal election was held December 8, 1924 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public Kenneth Alexander (Kenny Blatchford ( March 5, 1882 - April 20, 1933) a former Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta He was defeated in the two person race, taking just under forty percent of the vote. He tried again the following year, this time taking less than ten percent of the vote in a fourth place finish of six candidates. The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the Candidates defeating him included Blatchford, who won again, and Joseph Clarke, who had previously been elected mayor on Sheppard's Labour slate. Joseph Andrew Clarke (born September 20, 1869; died July 26, 1941) was a politician and lawyer from Canada. Blatchford didn't seek re-election in 1926, and Sheppard again ran for mayor. The 1926 municipal election was held December 13, 1926 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school Labour nominated Dan Knott, and Sheppard ran as an independent. Daniel Kennedy Knott (1889 – November 26, 1959) was a labour activist and politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Fellow independent Ambrose Bury was elected, and Sheppard finished last in a six person field. Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury ( August 1, 1869 – March 29, 1951) was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of

In 1928 opted to run for alderman again. The 1928 municipal election was held December 10, 1928 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school He did not receive a nomination from Labour, and ran as an Independent Labour candidate. He finished fifth of fourteen candidates - ahead of two of the Labour candidates - and was elected to a one year term. As an incumbent, he was welcomed back into the Labour fold, and was re-elected as part of that slate in the 1929 election (when he finished fifth of fifteen candidates), the 1931 election (when he finished first of fifteen candidates), and the 1933 election (when he finished first of seventeen candidates). The 1929 municipal election was held December 9, 1929 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school The 1933 municipal election was held November 8, 1933 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public However, he broke with Labour again in 1934 when he challenged incumbent Labour mayor Knott as an independent. The 1934 municipal election was held November 14, 1934 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public Knott was defeated, but it was by Clarke (running as an Independent Labour candidate); Sheppard finished a distant fourth of five candidates.

1935 saw a reconfiguration of Edmonton's political parties. What had hitherto been a competition between Labour and the Citizens' Committee (the latter under a variety of names) became a multi-party system. Clarke was re-elected in the 1935 election as a Civic Youth Association candidate, and three of the five aldermanic seats went to candidates running under the Social Credit label. The 1935 municipal election was held November 13, 1935 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school The Social Credit Party of Alberta is a provincial Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the Social credit monetary policy A new left-leaning party, the United People's League, replaced Labour the following year. Sheppard ran in the 1936 election as a Social Credit candidate, but he finished sixth of sixteen aldermanic candidates as the Citizens' Committee swept the five available seats; this was the first time since 1915 that Sheppard had been defeated in an aldermanic race. The 1936 municipal election was held November 12, 1936 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school It would not be the last, as unsuccessful bids followed in 1940 (when he ran as a member of the newly-formed Civic Progressive Association and finished tenth of nineteen candidates) and 1941 (when he ran as an independent and finished last of fourteen candidates). The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. The 1941 municipal election was held November 12, 1941 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school

In 1944, Sheppard was the sole challenger to incumbent mayor John Wesley Fry, but won less than thirty percent of the vote. The 1944 municipal election was held November 1, 1944 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school John Wesley Fry (born December 5, 1876, died December 23, 1946) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of He made a final bid for election in the 1945 election, but finished twelfth of fourteen candidates as an independent candidate for alderman. The 1945 municipal election was held November 7, 1945 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and five trustees to sit on the public school

Federal politics

In the 1921 federal election, Sheppard ran as a Labour candidate in Strathcona. The Canadian federal election of 1921 was held on December 6, 1921 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 14th Parliament There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s Strathcona was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories and Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House He finished last of three candidates, as Progressive Party of Canada candidate Daniel Webster Warner was elected. The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s Daniel Webster Warner (born October 1, 1857 Richland Iowa - died May 14, 1933) was a farmer rancher and Canadian federal politician

References

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