Career
Shaw first ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1940 federal election. He ran as a Social Cr candidate in the Red Deer electoral district. He would be re-elected in the 1945 federal election easily defeating 4 other candidates.
Shaw would run for his third term in office in the 1949 federal election winning over 10,000 votes and retaining his district in a landslide.
Parliament was dissolved a year later forcing another federal election in 1958, in which Rogers and Shaw faced each other again, this time with Harris defeating Shaw. After his electoral defeat from office, Shaw moved to British Columbia.
"Jack" as he was known, was married to Eva.