- John Drew Sperry
John Drew Sperry (
February 10 1851 –October 7 1933 ) was a merchant and political figure inNova Scotia , Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in theNova Scotia House of Assembly from 1889 to 1896, from 1897 to 1901 and from 1902 to 1906. Sperry represented Lunenburg in theCanadian House of Commons from 1909 to 1911 as a Liberal member.He was born in
Petite-Rivière, Nova Scotia and was educated at the Sackville Academy. Sperry married Maria Dauphinea. He served seven years on the Lunenburg County council. Sperry was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1889 by-election held after the death ofGeorge A. Ross [ [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1476 "History of the County of Lunenburg", M B DesBrisay (1967)] ] . He resigned his seat in 1896 to run unsuccessfully for a federal seat. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1909 by-election held afterAlexander Kenneth Maclean resigned his seat to served in the provincial assembly; Sperry was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1911.References
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=5de7002e-d3b5-41bc-b341-483ed5ed36d6&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32961 "The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891" JA Gemmill]
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