John James McShane

John James McShane (1 October 1882 – 26 May 1972) was a British school teacher and Labour politician.

Early life

He was born in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was the son of Philip McShane, a coalminer, and his wife Bridget. Both his parents were born in Ireland.[1][2] He was educated at St Ignatius School, Wishaw.[3]

Career

In 1909 McShane became a schoolmaster, and subsequently moved to Walsall in the English Black Country, where he was the headmaster of the St Mary's the Mount Catholic School.[3][4]

In 1929 he was selected as the Labour Party's candidate to contest the Walsall parliamentary constituency. He succeeded in taking the seat, ousting the sitting Conservative MP William Preston and beating the former Liberal cabinet minister T J Macnamara into third place.[5] McShane was only in parliament for two years, losing his seat to Joseph Leckie of the Liberals at the 1931 general election.

McShane returned to teaching. He was the first headmaster of the Joseph Leckie Secondary Modern School, named after his successor in parliament, which opened in 1939.[6][7]

Death

McShane died in 1972, aged 89.[8]

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

  1. The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook 1939
  2. Census of Scotland 1891: family enumerated at 17 Simpsons Square, Wishaw, Parish of Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire
  3. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1931, p.384
  4. Doyle, Patrick J (July 2007). "Religious Politics and the Catholic Working Class". New Blackfriars: 218–225.
  5. Betts, Robin (1999). Dr. Macnamara, 1861-1931. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p. 356. ISBN 0-85323-873-1.
  6. "Joseph Leckie - A Moment in Time". Joseph Leckie Community Technology College. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 August 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  7. Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1957, p.1721
  8. "Members since 1979" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Preston		 Member of Parliament for Walsall
1929–1931		 Succeeded by
Joseph Leckie


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