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♂ Ross W. Gray
aliasRoss W. Gray
Record
24288 · 12070

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 5 January 1897 → 127 years + 3 months ago
Lived 71 years + 11 months
First mandate 14 January 1929 → 95 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 32 years
Death 11 December 1968 → 55 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 6 months after 10 June 1945
Special notes
None
 

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 16 4 22

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Wilfred S. Haney  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph W. Murphy  m 
 
Eligible: 19,203 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 January 1929
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22306(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 6 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,957 Votes: 15,182 Participation: 80.09% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22416(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 7,868 51.82% +554 Loser:
LC
 7,314 48.18% Wilfred S. Haney

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,912 Votes: 15,065 Participation: 72.04% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22688(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/3 8,335 55.33% +3,699 Loser:
LC
 4,636 30.77% Russell G. Woods

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,041 Votes: 16,535 Participation: 75.02% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22968(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 8,671 52.44% +807 Loser:
NATG
 7,864 47.56% William H. Kenny

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,423 Votes: 18,841 Participation: 74.11% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23228(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/3 7,831 41.56% -619 Winner:
PC
 8,450 44.85% Joseph W. Murphy

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ross Wilfred Gray		 09 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ross Wilfred Gray		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ross Gray (politician)		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Aug 2023 18:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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