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♂ John J. Ross
aliasJohn J. Ross
Record
53857 · 4724

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Québec 1 0 1
Total 3 0 3
Birth 16 August 1831 → 192 years + 9 months ago
Lived 69 years + 8 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 11 months
Death 4 May 1901 → 123 years ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 3 months after 21 January 1874
Special notes
None
 
John J. Ross (1831–1901) 200x323
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 5 14
Québec 0 1 17 Z
TOTAL 6 7 1

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 5–6
CONS
 1 Premier 52–55 23 Jan 1884 — 24 Jan 1887 3 0 1
2. QC 5–6
CONS
 1 Party leader 52–55 24 Jan 1884 — 15 Dec 1886 2 10 21
3. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 64 01 May 1896 — 08 Jul 1896 0 2 7
 3. Without portfolio

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,562 Votes: 1,754 Participation: 68.46% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17716(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 1,449 82.61% +1,144 Loser:
IND
 305 17.39% ? Martineau

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,500 Votes: 1,824 Participation: 72.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14781(F) — 16 Feb 2022 10:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
CONS
 1/2 1,168 64.04% +512 Loser:
QLP
 656 35.96% Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand
After his election:
2 Nov 1867 36
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 month 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,500 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Québec
16 December 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14874(F) — 16 Feb 2022 20:02 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. Jean-Charles Chapais
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,576 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18603(F) — 25 Jun 2023 21:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
CONS
 1/2 1,369 53.14% +162 Loser:
LIB
 1,207 46.86% P.O. Trudel
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 42
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,471 Votes: 2,115 Participation: 60.93% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18839(F) — 28 Nov 2021 10:31 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
LC
 1,063 50.26% Hippolyte Montplaisir

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
John Jones Ross		 18 Nov 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Ross, John Jones		 18 Nov 2023
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Ross, John Jones		 18 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Ross, John JonesRoss, John Jones		 18 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. John Jones Ross, P.C., M.P., Senator		 18 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. John Jones Ross, C.P., député, sénateur		 18 Nov 2023
FR Quebec National Assembly
John Jones Ross		 18 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Jones Ross		 18 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
John Jones Ross		 18 Nov 2023

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