He emigrated to Canada in 1899 with his parents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and settled northeast of Andrew, Alberta[2] near the North Saskatchewan River.

Shandro was educated at Edmonton Business College and became a Dominion Lands Act federal homestead inspector in 1907.

Olga was the youngest daughter of Leontania Kraft and her husband William (deceased), who had immigrated to Manitoba from what would become Poland after 1918.

Shandro successfully appealed the ban on contesting elections, with the Supreme Court en banc decision written by Justice Nicolas Dubois Dominic Beck finding Shandro was still guilty of bribery, but not of corrupt practices, and reversed the ban on contesting elections.

Rudyk was using the letter during his campaign as evidence of support for his candidacy from the ruling Liberal government, which included a statement "Wishing you every success in the coming election, and with best regards".

In the civil action Rudyk was awarded $1,200 and costs by Justice David Lynch Scott, who found Shandro did not have reasonable grounds for the charges and acted out of "express malice".

[12] In the 1921 election Shandro was technically re-elected by acclamation for Whitford after the nomination papers of the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) candidate had been rejected.