John Kemmis
John Henry William Shore Kemmis was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1911 to 1921.Political career
Kemmis first ran for the Alberta Legislature as a Conservative candidate in the 1905 general election. He finished a very strong third place in the electoral district of Pincher Creek. He ran again in a by-election on October 31, 1911 and defeated Liberal candidate J.F. Ross.
In the 1913 general election Kemmis retained his seat by a slim margin of 61 votes. In 1917 he defeated two other candidates. He retired from the Legislature at dissolution in 1921. He died in Calgary, Alberta in 1942.
