Background
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.
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 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. He was President of the Quebec Board of Trade from 1877 to 1879 and again from 1883 to 1887.
Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal Party of Canada.
He was a member of the Quebec Harbour Commission in the late 1870s.