About Joseph Shehyn
Lived 1829 – 1918 (aged 88). Joseph Shehyn was a Canadian politician and wholesaler.
Joseph Shehyn (November 9, 1829 – July 14, 1918) was a Canadian businessman and politician.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Edmond Sheehy and Marie (Flavie) Parent, Shehyn was raised by his maternal uncle after the death of his mother. He started working when he was 15 in a dry goods wholesalers. He later worked for the firm McCall, Shehyn and Company and would become the sole owner in 1891.
He was elected as the Liberal candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Québec-Est in the 1875 election defeating Pierre-Vincent Valin. He was re-elected by acclamation in 1878 and in the 1881, 1886, 1890, 1892, and 1897 elections. He was Provincial Treasurer from 1887 to 1891 in the cabinet of Honoré Mercier. He was a Minister Without Portfolio from 1897 to 1900 in the cabinet of Félix-Gabriel Marchand. He was summoned to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of The Laurentides on the advice of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier in 1900. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1918.
In 1891 he was appointed an officer of the Order of Leopold and was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. He was President of the Quebec Board of Trade from 1877 to 1879 and again from 1883 to 1887. He was a member of the Quebec Harbour Commission in the late 1870s. His son-in-law was Napoléon Belcourt, a Senator and M.P.
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Who was Joseph Shehyn?
Canadian politician (1829–1918)
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Joseph Shehyn was born on 9 November 1829 in Quebec City.
When did Joseph Shehyn die?
Joseph Shehyn died on 14 July 1918 in Quebec City.
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Joseph Shehyn was a politician and wholesaler.
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Joseph Shehyn was Canadian.
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