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About Alex Shepherd
- Alexander James Shepherd (born 13 October 1946 in Toronto, Ontario) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004. Shepherd was a Chartered Accountant based in Port Perry, Ontario when he became the Liberal party candidate for Durham electoral district in the 1993 general election.
- He won the riding and was re-elected there in the 1997 and 2000 general elections, serving in the 35th, 36th and 37th Canadian Parliaments respectively.
- He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Revenue, on the Finance Committee, Chair of Economics Committee for the Liberal Party, on GTA Caucus, Rural Caucus, Ontario Caucus.
- Shepherd did not campaign again for the Durham riding and therefore left federal politics in 2004. He is married to Carol Shepherd (née Bishop) since 1969.
- They have three children, Mark, Andrew, and Jill.
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