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{{Short description|Canadian politician and businessman (1833-1918)}}
{{For|the chief United States Marshall|James J. P. McShane}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image            = James McShane.jpg
| imagesize        = 180px
| honorific-prefix = Mayor
| name             = James McShane
| honorific-suffix = 
| caption          =
| order            = 21st [[Mayor of Montreal]]
| term_start       = 1891
| term_end         = 1893
| constituency     = 
| predecessor      = [[Jacques Grenier]]
| successor        = [[Alphonse Desjardins (politician)|Alphonse Desjardins]]
| constituency_MP2 = [[Montreal Centre]]
| parliament2      = Canadian
| predecessor2     = [[John Joseph Curran]]
| successor2       = None, district abolished
| term_start2      = 1895
| term_end2        = 1896
| office3          = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Montréal division no. 6]]
| predecessor3     = None, district created
| successor3       = [[Patrick Kennedy (Canadian politician)|Patrick Kennedy]]
| term_start3      = 1890
| term_end3        = 1892
| office4          = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Montréal-Centre (provincial electoral district)|Montréal-Centre]]
| predecessor4     = [[George Washington Stephens (senior)|George Washington Stephens]]
| successor4       = None, district abolished
| term_start4      = 1886
| term_end4        = 1890
| office5          = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Montréal-Ouest (provincial electoral district)|Montréal-Ouest]]
| predecessor5     = [[John Wait McGauvran]]
| successor5       = [[John Smythe Hall]]
| term_start5      = 1878
| term_end5        = 1886

| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1833|11|07}}
| birth_place      = [[Montreal]], [[Lower Canada]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1918|12|14|1833|11|7}}
| death_place      = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| otherparty       = [[Quebec Liberal Party]]
| alma_mater       = 
| spouse           = 
| profession       = businessman
| religion         = 
| signature        =
| footnotes        =
| cabinet          = '''Quebec''':<br />Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works (1887-1888)
}}
'''James McShane''' (7 November 1833 &ndash; 14 December 1918) was a [[Canadians|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 (provincial electoral district)|Montréal-Ouest]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

He was elected in the [[1878 Quebec general election|1878 provincial election]] and re-elected in [[1881 Quebec general election|1881]].  He was elected in [[Montréal-Centre (provincial electoral district)|Montréal-Centre]] in [[1886 Quebec general election|1886]], and in [[Montréal division no. 6]] in [[1890 Quebec general election|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 Quebec general election|1892 provincial election]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

==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 Party of Canada|Liberal]], he was defeated in the [[1896 Canadian federal election|1896 federal election]] in the riding of [[St. Anne (electoral district)|St. Anne]].
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{{CanElec1-by|27 December 1895}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|James McShane|acclaimed}}
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==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.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société|publisher=Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery|location=Montreal|language=fr}}</ref>

== Gallery ==

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Image:James McShane 1880.jpg
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=13745}}
* {{DictCanbio|ID=7599}}
* {{Quebec MNA biography|mcshane-james-4451}}

{{Mayors of Montreal}}
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