John Drew Sperry was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1889 to 1896, from 1897 to 1901 and from 1902 to 1906. Sperry represented Lunenburg

Lunenburg (electoral district)

Lunenburg was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925 and from 1949 to 1953. Its boundary was that of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.-History:...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1909 to 1911 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Petite-Rivière, Nova Scotia, the son of John Charles Sperry and Mary Ann Drew, and was educated at the Sackville Academy. Sperry married Maria Dauphinee. He served 12 years on the Lunenburg County

Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg County is a county located on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, It ranges from Hubbards to the east and Vogler's Cove to the west.-History:...

 council, also serving as county warden. Sperry was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1889 by-election held after the death of George A. Ross

George A. Ross

George Angus Ross was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1882 to 1889 as a Liberal member....

. He resigned his seat in 1896 to run unsuccessfully for a federal seat. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1909 by-election held after Alexander Kenneth Maclean

Alexander Kenneth Maclean

Alexander Kenneth Maclean, was a Canadian politician.Born in Upper North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Maclean was educated at Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University...

 resigned his seat to served in the provincial assembly; Sperry was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1911. He died in Petite-Rivière at the age of 82.

His son Aubrey

Aubrey Sperry

Aubrey Herbert Sperry was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925 as a Liberal member....

also served in the provincial assembly.