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opted to run for alderman again. He did not receive a nomination from Labour, and ran as an
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Wesleyan School. His father was James Sheppard, who was married to Louisa (nÊe Barrett) Sheppard and in total they had 13 children. Family stories say that the Sheppard family was thrown out of Lambourn by the Squire for not being Church of England, although this would have
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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. It would not be the last, as unsuccessful bids followed in
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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
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when he challenged incumbent Labour mayor Knott as an independent. Knott was defeated, but it was by Clarke (running as an
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which held meetings in the Ross Block, still standing in Old
Strathcona, Edmonton. Sheppard helped negotiate the 1909 merging of the local Society of Equity farmers' groups with the AFA to form the
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Monto, Tom. Protest and
Progress. Three Labour Radicals in Early Edmonton (Rice Sheppard, Harry Ainlay, Margaret Crang). Edmonton: Crang Publishing, 2012 (available at Alhambra Books, Edmonton)
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label. A new left-leaning party, the United People's League, replaced Labour the following year. Sheppard ran in the
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in Alberta. Their efforts would be successful in 1916.
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