SHEPHERD, JOHN (1836-1911) came to New Zealand with the Albertland settlers in the Hanover (1862). Till 1890 he was manager of the co-operative Society's stores, which he afterwards purchased. Shepherd represented Marsden in the Auckland Provincial Council (1870-73) and Albertland (1873-76). A staunch temperance advocate, he introduced in the Council one of the earliest permissive bills for the control of the liquor traffic. He once contested a parliamentary election, and was the second choice of the electorate when W. F. Massey came out in 1894. He was a member of the Rodney county council. Shepherd died in 1911.

Brett and Hook, Albertlanders (p); N.Z. Methodist Times, 9 Oct 1937.

Reference: Volume 2, page 151

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